Citation

Truong C, Burnes D, Alaggia R, Elman A, Rosen TE. J. Elder Abuse Negl. 2019; 31(2): 181-190.

Affiliation

Department of Emergency Medicine , Weill Cornell Medicine College/New York-Presbyterian , New York , NY , USA.

Copyright

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

DOI

10.1080/08946566.2019.1588182

PMID

30880608

Abstract

Elder abuse remains a largely hidden problem in our society and only a small minority of victims are connected to formal support/protective services. Healthcare settings have been identified as a critical milieu to uncover cases of elder abuse; however, under-detection in these settings is a major issue. Victimization disclosure is an important component within the overall detection effort, yet it has received little attention in the elder abuse literature. Drawing on relevant literature from other domains of family/interpersonal violence, this article highlights the disclosure process, as well as disclosure barriers, facilitators, and competencies to consider when working with older adults.

Language: en

Keywords

Elder abuse; disclosure; healthcare; review