Citation

Teresi JA, Ocepek-Welikson K, Ramirez M, Solomon J, Reingold D. J. Elder Abuse Negl. 2019; 31(1): 1-24.

Affiliation

Hebrew Home at Riverdale, RiverSpring Health , Bronx , NY , USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/08946566.2018.1523766

PMID

30346897

Abstract

While several elder abuse screens exist, few measure risk and none target long-term support services. The aims were to examine the psychometric properties of the Weinberg Center Risk and Abuse Prevention Screen (WC-RAPS), comparing approaches to modeling self-reported risk and abuse in relation to reported Adult Protective Services contacts.

METHODS: The sample (n = 7,035), admissions to managed long-term care (79%) and short-term rehabilitation (20%), was primarily (66%) female, with mean age 77.6 (SD = 9.10); 7% each were African American and Latino and 12% Asian. Latent variable models were used to examine measurement properties of six indicators of abuse and five of risk.

RESULTS: Good model fit and stable subscale measurement models were observed across analyses. Reliability was >0.80 across methods, and concurrent criterion validity estimates were as expected.

CONCLUSION: Evidence supported the reliability and concurrent criterion validity of the risk and abuse subscales in an ethnically diverse cohort.

Language: en

Keywords

Elder abuse; measurement; methods latent variable models; risk; screen