a Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work , University of Toronto , Toronto , Canada.
b Department of Emergency Medicine , Weill Cornell Medicine College/New York-Presbyterian , New York , NY , USA.
J Elder Abuse Negl. 2019 Mar-May;31(2):181-190. doi: 10.1080/08946566.2019.1588182. Epub 2019 Mar 16.
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.
虐待老人在我们的社会中仍然是一个很大的隐藏问题，只有少数受害者与正式的支持/保护服务有关。医疗保健机构已被确定为发现虐待老人案件的关键环境；然而，在这些环境中漏检是一个主要问题。受害披露是整体检测工作的一个重要组成部分，但在虐待老人文献中却很少受到关注。本文借鉴了家庭/人际暴力其他领域的相关文献，重点介绍了披露过程，以及在与老年人一起工作时需要考虑的披露障碍、促进因素和能力。
