Keck School of Medicine of USC, Alhambra, USA.
Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, USA.
J Appl Gerontol. 2020 Oct;39(10):1078-1087. doi: 10.1177/0733464819865685. Epub 2019 Jul 31.
Characterizing the types of elder abuse and identifying the characteristics of perpetrators are critically important. This study examined the types of elder abuse reported to the National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA) resource line. Calls were coded with regard to whether abuse was reported, types of abuse alleged, whether multiple abuse subtypes occurred, and who perpetrated the alleged abuse. Of the 1,939 calls, 818 (42.2%) alleged abuse, with financial abuse being the most commonly reported (449 calls, 54.9%). A subset of calls identified multiple abuse types (188, 23.0%) and multiple abusers (149, 18.2%). Physical abuse was most likely to co-occur with another abuse type (61/93 calls, 65.6%). Family members were the most commonly identified perpetrators (309 calls, 46.8%). This study reports the characteristics of elder abuse from a unique source of frontline data, the NCEA resource line. Findings point to the importance of supportive resources for elder abuse victims and loved ones.
描述虐待老人的类型并确定施虐者的特征至关重要。本研究调查了向国家老年人虐待问题中心（NCEA）热线报告的老年人虐待类型。这些电话根据是否报告了虐待、指控的虐待类型、是否发生了多种虐待亚型以及谁实施了所谓的虐待进行了编码。在 1939 个电话中，有 818 个（42.2%）指控虐待，其中经济虐待是最常见的（449 个电话，54.9%）。部分电话确定了多种虐待类型（188 个，23.0%）和多种施虐者（149 个，18.2%）。身体虐待最有可能与另一种虐待类型同时发生（61/93 个电话，65.6%）。家庭成员是最常被认定的施虐者（309 个电话，46.8%）。本研究从 NCEA 资源热线这一独特的一线数据来源报告了老年人虐待的特征。研究结果表明，为虐待老人的受害者及其亲人提供支持资源非常重要。
