PROFILE OF OKLAHOMA CLIENTS REFERRED TO ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES FOR ALLEGED SELF-NEGLECT
Self-neglect is the most commonly reported allegation of abuse to Adult Protective Service (APS) agencies nationwide. Researchers collaborated with Oklahoma APS to understand characteristics of allegedly self-neglecting clients who were reported to APS (focus of this paper), and to subsequently refe...
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author | Tuft, Samantha Ejaz, Farida Rose, Miriam Reynolds, Courtney |
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description | Self-neglect is the most commonly reported allegation of abuse to Adult Protective Service (APS) agencies nationwide. Researchers collaborated with Oklahoma APS to understand characteristics of allegedly self-neglecting clients who were reported to APS (focus of this paper), and to subsequently refer a random sub-sample to home-and community-based services and track outcomes. Clients (n = 188) were interviewed by phone; data were collected on demographic and background characteristics, physical and mental health, social support, social isolation, and the impact of COVID-19 on them. Most clients were white, 18% were American Indian, and 14% were African American. Their ages ranged from 18–92 years, 63% were women, most were low-income ($12,000-$15,000 annually), and 60% lived alone. Many used public benefits such as Medicare (75%), Social Security, and Medicaid. Based on PHQ scores, about a third had moderate to severe symptoms of depression; and 27% scored similarly on anxiety. More than a third saw family and friends less often during the pandemic. APS administrative data was also obtained on these clients and preliminary analyses indicated that the 188 study participants had a total of 205 allegations of self-neglect prior to the study, with 76% of the allegations needing a referral for community services. During the intervention phase, however, only 31 clients had any type of abuse allegations with 24 being for self-neglect. About half needed community services. It is possible that services they were referred to prior and during the study was related to the decline in self-neglect allegations during the study period. |
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spelling | pubmed-97672032022-12-21 PROFILE OF OKLAHOMA CLIENTS REFERRED TO ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES FOR ALLEGED SELF-NEGLECT Tuft, Samantha Ejaz, Farida Rose, Miriam Reynolds, Courtney Innov Aging Late Breaking Abstracts Self-neglect is the most commonly reported allegation of abuse to Adult Protective Service (APS) agencies nationwide. Researchers collaborated with Oklahoma APS to understand characteristics of allegedly self-neglecting clients who were reported to APS (focus of this paper), and to subsequently refer a random sub-sample to home-and community-based services and track outcomes. Clients (n = 188) were interviewed by phone; data were collected on demographic and background characteristics, physical and mental health, social support, social isolation, and the impact of COVID-19 on them. Most clients were white, 18% were American Indian, and 14% were African American. Their ages ranged from 18–92 years, 63% were women, most were low-income ($12,000-$15,000 annually), and 60% lived alone. Many used public benefits such as Medicare (75%), Social Security, and Medicaid. Based on PHQ scores, about a third had moderate to severe symptoms of depression; and 27% scored similarly on anxiety. More than a third saw family and friends less often during the pandemic. APS administrative data was also obtained on these clients and preliminary analyses indicated that the 188 study participants had a total of 205 allegations of self-neglect prior to the study, with 76% of the allegations needing a referral for community services. During the intervention phase, however, only 31 clients had any type of abuse allegations with 24 being for self-neglect. About half needed community services. It is possible that services they were referred to prior and during the study was related to the decline in self-neglect allegations during the study period. Oxford University Press 2022-12-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9767203/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igac059.2726 Text en © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Late Breaking Abstracts Tuft, Samantha Ejaz, Farida Rose, Miriam Reynolds, Courtney PROFILE OF OKLAHOMA CLIENTS REFERRED TO ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES FOR ALLEGED SELF-NEGLECT |
title | PROFILE OF OKLAHOMA CLIENTS REFERRED TO ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES FOR ALLEGED SELF-NEGLECT |
title_full | PROFILE OF OKLAHOMA CLIENTS REFERRED TO ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES FOR ALLEGED SELF-NEGLECT |
title_fullStr | PROFILE OF OKLAHOMA CLIENTS REFERRED TO ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES FOR ALLEGED SELF-NEGLECT |
title_full_unstemmed | PROFILE OF OKLAHOMA CLIENTS REFERRED TO ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES FOR ALLEGED SELF-NEGLECT |
title_short | PROFILE OF OKLAHOMA CLIENTS REFERRED TO ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES FOR ALLEGED SELF-NEGLECT |
title_sort | profile of oklahoma clients referred to adult protective services for alleged self-neglect |
topic | Late Breaking Abstracts |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9767203/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igac059.2726 |
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