TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Adult protective services workers' experiences with serious illness and death
JO  - Journal of elder abuse and neglect
A1  - Csikai, Ellen L.
A1  - Whalen, Marilyn
A1  - Otto, Joanne
A1  - Durkin, Daniel W.
SP  - 169
EP  - 189
VL  - 23
IS  - 2
N2  - This study examined the emerging issue of experiences with end-of-life issues in adult protection. A national survey of adult protective services (APS) workers (N = 508) examined encounters with serious illness, injury, death, and bereavement and how these situations were handled professionally and personally. APS workers often encountered clients and caregivers with life-threatening illnesses, and clients receiving hospice services. About three-quarters had worked on at least one case involving a client's death. Overall, more education and training about serious and terminal illness, death, grief, and bereavement is needed to prepare APS workers to work with clients and their families facing a variety of end-of-life situations.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0894-6566
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08946566.2011.558788
ID  - ref1
ER  -