加快老年人正义政策的步伐,以满足日益老龄化人口的需求
Kristin Lees Haggerty1,2, Rebecca Jackson Stoeckle1, Randi Campetti1
1Education Development Center, Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts, USA.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
|November 28, 2024
概括
针对老年人虐待预防的政策变化落后于当前需求,尽管立法已持续数十年. 最近的一次专家会议确定了关键战略,包括更强大的基础设施和数据驱动的方法,以加快老年人司法政策和改善干预措施.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生政策 公共卫生政策
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 社会工作 社会工作 社会工作
背景情况:
- 现有的政策,如"美国老年人法案" (1965年) 和"老年人司法法案" (2010年),还没有充分解决老年人虐待,忽视和剥削的问题.
- 目前的政策制定和政府资金不足以满足日益增长的老年人保护需求.
- 尽管几十年来立法努力,老年人虐待仍然是一个重大问题.
研究的目的:
- 召集专家,制定战略,加快政策行动,打击虐待老年人.
- 确定关键主题和可行的步骤,以改善老年人司法政策.
- 促进一个统一的预防,干预和应对老年人虐待的方法.
主要方法:
- 2023年11月29日召集来自不同领域的76名专家,包括研究,临床实践,政策制定,政府机构和国家组织.
- 讨论和确定政策推进的关键主题和战略优先事项.
- 制定国家,州和地方一级的行动步骤.
主要成果:
- 确定的主要主题包括需要统一的基础设施和消息,数据驱动的政策和基于证据的实践.
- 强调整体的,长期的方法,利用数据取得成果,并建立跨部门联盟.
- 确定了可采取行动的步骤,以加强政府各级的预防,干预和应对计划.
结论:
- 迫切需要并有重大机会推进老年人正义政策.
- 利用最近的数据,现有倡议,宣传和新的合作,可以改善老年人虐待的预防和应对.
- 统一的,基于数据的,协作的方法对于有效的老年虐待干预至关重要.
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