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University of Texas Health Science Center

An Evaluation of AoA's Program to Prevent Elder Abuse: Final Report. University of Texas Health Science Center

Age : Age refers to the age of the participant at time of enrollment in the intervention. Gender : Response categories include: 'Male' and 'Female.' Ethnicity : Response categories include: 'White;' 'Black;' 'Hispanic;' 'Asian;' and 'Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander;' 'American Indian and Alaskan Native;' and 'Other.' To harmonize
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University of Southern California, Keck School of

An Evaluation of AoA's Program to Prevent Elder Abuse: Final Report. University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine

Age : Information on date of birth was used to calculate participant's age at time of enrollment in the intervention. Gender : Response categories include: 'Male' or 'Female.' Ethnicity : Response categories include: 'Hispanic/Latino Origin;' 'Not of Hispanic/Latino Origin;' or 'Unknown.'
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Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

An Evaluation of AoA's Program to Prevent Elder Abuse: Final Report. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

Age : Information on date of birth was used to calculate participant's age at time of enrollment in the intervention. Gender : Response categories include: 'Male' and 'Female.' Ethnicity : Response categories include: 'Non-Hispanic' or 'Hispanic.'
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New York State Office for the Aging

An Evaluation of AoA's Program to Prevent Elder Abuse: Final Report. New York State Office for the Aging

Age : Age refers to the age of participant. Gender : Response categories include: 'Male' and 'Female.' Ethnicity : Response categories include: 'Hispanic' and 'Not Hispanic.' Race : Response categories include: 'Caucasian/White' and 'African American/Black.' Education : Response categories include: 'Less than High School;' 'High Schoo
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Alaska Division of Senior and Disability Services

An Evaluation of AoA's Program to Prevent Elder Abuse: Final Report. Alaska Division of Senior and Disability Services

Age : Information on date of birth was used to calculate participant's age at time of enrollment in the intervention. Gender : Response categories include: 'Male;' 'Female;' and 'Other.' Ethnicity : Response categories include: 'Hispanic;' 'Not Hispanic;' and 'Unknown.'
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APPENDIX A. DESCRIPTION OF GRANTEE VARIABLES

An Evaluation of AoA's Program to Prevent Elder Abuse: Final Report. APPENDIX A. DESCRIPTION OF GRANTEE VARIABLES

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PROJECT AND REPORT INFORMATION

An Evaluation of AoA's Program to Prevent Elder Abuse: Final Report. PROJECT AND REPORT INFORMATION

Developing and Conducting an Evaluation of AoA's Program to Prevent Elder Abuse
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NOTES

An Evaluation of AoA's Program to Prevent Elder Abuse: Final Report. NOTES

AK DSDS was unable to collect data on caregivers. While the framework for dissemination and implementation was not a focus of the evaluation, AoA required that each grantee develop and implement plans for dissemination of prevention intervention activities and findings. See https://www.criticaltime.org/about-us/ .
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REFERENCES

An Evaluation of AoA's Program to Prevent Elder Abuse: Final Report. REFERENCES

Acierno R., Hernandez M.A., Amstadter A.B., Resnick H.S., Steve K., Muzzy W., & Kilpatrick D.G. (2010). "Prevalence and correlates of emotional, physical, sexual, and financial abuse and potential neglect in the United States: The National Elder Mistreatment Study." American Journal of Public Health , 100(2):292-297. Acierno R., Hernandez-T
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CONCLUSIONS

An Evaluation of AoA's Program to Prevent Elder Abuse: Final Report. CONCLUSIONS

This report presents the key findings of the process evaluation of the five state Elder Abuse Prevention Intervention demonstrations that tested interventions designed to prevent elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, as authorized by the Elder Justice Act. The purpose of the evaluation was to study the development and implementation of the state
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V. FINDINGS

An Evaluation of AoA's Program to Prevent Elder Abuse: Final Report. V. FINDINGS

In this section, we present key findings related to three domains examined by the evaluation. We begin by presenting the characteristics of elders served by the prevention interventions, including: demographic information and household composition (where known); the type of abuse experienced; psychological and physical health indicators; and socia
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IV. INTERVENTION DELIVERY

An Evaluation of AoA's Program to Prevent Elder Abuse: Final Report. IV. INTERVENTION DELIVERY

A. Implementation Strategies 1. Prevention Intervention Characteristics Target Population
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III. PLANNING FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE

An Evaluation of AoA's Program to Prevent Elder Abuse: Final Report. III. PLANNING FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PREVENTION INTERVENTIONS AND THE CROSS-SITE EVALUATION

This section presents core theoretical components and infrastructure of the prevention interventions developed and implemented by the five grantees, using the Framework as an organizing structure. 2
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II. EVALUATION DESIGN AND METHODS

An Evaluation of AoA's Program to Prevent Elder Abuse: Final Report. II. EVALUATION DESIGN AND METHODS

A. Overview
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I. INTRODUCTION

An Evaluation of AoA's Program to Prevent Elder Abuse: Final Report. I. INTRODUCTION

A. Elder Abuse Prevention Interventions Background Elder Justice Act and AoA's Prevention Interventions Demonstration Program
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

An Evaluation of AoA's Program to Prevent Elder Abuse: Final Report. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

A. Background The Elder Abuse Prevention Interventions demonstration, authorized by the Elder Justice Act and funded by the Administration on Aging (AoA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in FY 2013, provided funding to test interventions designed to prevent elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation. The Elder Abuse Prevention
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ACRONYMS

An Evaluation of AoA's Program to Prevent Elder Abuse: Final Report. ACRONYMS

The following acronyms are mentioned in this report and/or appendix.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

An Evaluation of AoA's Program to Prevent Elder Abuse: Final Report. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We would like to thank our project officer, Helen Lamont, PhD, of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, for her guidance, support, and encouragement over the past four years, as well as Stephanie Whittier Eliason and Aiesha Gurley of the Administration for Community Living/Administration on Aging for their helpful assi
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An Evaluation of AoA's Program to Prevent

An Evaluation of AoA's Program to Prevent Elder Abuse: Final Report

Carol Hafford, PhD and Kim Nguyen, PhD NORC at the University of Chicago Printer Friendly Version in PDF Format (116 PDF pages) ABSTRACT
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An Evaluation of AoA's Program to Prevent Elder Abuse: Final Report

In 2012, AoA awarded 5 cooperative agreements to test elder abuse prevention interventions to: Alaska Division of Senior and Disabilities Services (AK DSDS); New York State Office for the Aging (NYSOFA); University of Southern California-Irvine, Program in Geriatrics (USC); University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHSC); and, Texas D
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