TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - A qualitative evaluation of the "RISE" elder abuse intervention from the perspective of adult protective services caseworkers: addressing a service system gap
JO  - Journal of elder abuse and neglect
A1  - Burnes, David
A1  - MacNeil, Andie
A1  - Connolly, Marie-Therese
A1  - Salvo, Erin
A1  - Kimball, Patricia F.
A1  - Rogers, Geoff
A1  - Lewis, Stuart
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Our understanding of effective elder abuse (EA) response interventions is limited. Adult Protective Services (APS), the primary agency responsible for responding to EA, lacks a coherent, conceptually driven, prolonged intervention phase. Informed by an ecological-systems perspective and adapting evidence-based modalities from other fields, the RISE EA intervention addresses this APS systems gap. Based on a three-year pilot project involving a partnership between RISE and Maine APS, the current study conducted a qualitative evaluation of RISE, from the perspective of APS caseworkers (n = 14) who worked with RISE, to understand RISE strengths and areas for improvement. <br><br>FINDINGS suggest APS workers perceive that RISE complements the scope and nature of APS, enhances APS caseworker well-being, and reduces repeat APS cases, while further APS/RISE collaboration and clarification on RISE role responsibilities and referral eligibilities are areas of growth. This study provides preliminary evidence for RISE as a community-based EA intervention in partnership with APS.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0894-6566
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08946566.2022.2140321
ID  - ref1
ER  -