TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Interventions for preventing elder abuse: applying findings of a new Cochrane review
JO  - Age and ageing
A1  - Baker, Philip Robert
A1  - Francis, Daniel Peter
A1  - Mohd Hairi, Noran Naqiah
A1  - Othman, Sajaratulnisah
A1  - Choo, Wan Yuen
SP  - 346
EP  - 348
VL  - 46
IS  - 3
N2  - There is evidence that elder abuse is a significant public health problem that is destined to grow as population age. Countries are considering how best to act and this requires an understanding of the complex causal mechanisms contributing to its occurrence and the identification of effective interventions which can potentially make a difference. Previously, a high quality synthesis of evidence for policy and practice has been missing. In this paper, we describe a new Cochrane review of interventions to prevent the occurrence or reoccurrence of elder abuse. Overall, the quality of the evidence available for decision making is very low and there is little to guide practice. Amongst the interventions, there is some evidence that teaching coping skills to family carers of persons with dementia might make the situation better. We argue that poor quality and wasteful research needs to be avoided, and front-line agencies be supported in undertaking comparative evaluation of their services.<br><br>© The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Geriatrics Society. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0002-0729
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afw186
ID  - ref1
ER  -