Phelan A, Fealy G, Downes C
National Centre for the Protection of Older People, School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Systems, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
National Centre for the Protection of Older People, School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Systems, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2017 May-Jun;70:148-154. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2017.01.013. Epub 2017 Jan 27.
Financial abuse is arguably the most complex form of elder abuse as it may occur remote to the older person and it is impacted by issues such as cultural values, perpetrator intent and family expectations. Financial abuse may not be recognised by either the older person or the perpetrator, thus, its prevention, early identification and amelioration are important. The (Irish) National Centre for the Protection of Older People undertook a study to determine the appropriateness of the Older Adult Financial Exploitation Measure for use by the national safeguarding older person services. Findings from a small pilot study involving 16 safeguarding staff's use of the Older Adult Financial Exploitation Measure with 52 community dwelling older people referred to their service demonstrate a higher suspicion of financial abuse as well as identifying multiple instances of possible financial exploitation in a single individual. Thus, the Older Adult Financial Exploitation Measure is considered appropriate to assist safeguarding personnel's assessment of older people related to a suspicion of financial abuse.
经济虐待可以说是老年人虐待中最复杂的形式，因为它可能发生在老年人身边较远的地方，并且受到文化价值观、施虐者意图和家庭期望等问题的影响。经济虐待可能既不被老年人认可，也不被施虐者认可，因此，对其进行预防、早期识别和改善非常重要。（爱尔兰）国家老年人保护中心开展了一项研究，以确定《老年人经济剥削衡量标准》是否适合国家老年人保护服务机构使用。一项小型试点研究的结果显示，16名保护工作人员对52名转介到其服务机构的社区居住老年人使用了《老年人经济剥削衡量标准》，结果表明对经济虐待的怀疑更高，并且在一个人身上发现了多个可能的经济剥削实例。因此，《老年人经济剥削衡量标准》被认为适合协助保护人员对涉嫌经济虐待的老年人进行评估。
