Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
Texas Elder Abuse and Mistreatment Institute, Houston, Texas, USA.
J Elder Abuse Negl. 2020 Mar-May;32(2):121-133. doi: 10.1080/08946566.2020.1740127. Epub 2020 Mar 16.
The Geriatrician clinicians of the Texas Elder Abuse and Mistreatment Institute - Forensic Assessment Center Network (TEAM-FACN) in Houston, have many years of experience providing capacity assessment services for Adult Protective Services (APS) and Texas courts. A process has developed which is efficient, consistent, and evidence-informed. In the last two years, telecommunication has been added to this process to conduct assessments of APS clients in areas of Texas remote from the Houston area. Of the 545 capacity assessments TEAM-FACN has completed across the state of Texas over the first two years of adding telecommunication, 211 (39%) were conducted with in-person interviews and 334 (61%) were conducted using videoconference interviews. APS and the courts in remote areas of Texas have embraced the use of the videoconference assisted capacity assessments. This article describes this evidence-informed process and how telecommunication technology is incorporated to expand the reach of the service.
德克萨斯州虐待和虐待老年人问题研究所法医评估中心网络（TEAM-FACN）的老年病临床医生在为成人保护服务（APS）和德克萨斯州法院提供能力评估服务方面拥有多年经验。已经开发出一种高效、一致且基于证据的流程。在过去两年中，远程通信已被添加到该流程中，以便对远离休斯顿地区的德克萨斯州地区的 APS 客户进行评估。在通过远程通信完成的 545 项能力评估中，TEAM-FACN 在德克萨斯州的前两年完成了 211 项（39%）面对面访谈和 334 项（61%）视频会议访谈。远程地区的 APS 和法院都接受了使用视频会议辅助能力评估。本文介绍了这一基于证据的流程，以及如何结合远程通信技术来扩大服务范围。
