长期轨迹的老年人服务的紧急部门/医院的老年人不当待遇响应计划的长期轨迹
Daniel Baek1, Elaine Gottesman1, Lena K Makaroun2,3
1Department of Emergency Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, USA.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
|January 8, 2025
概括
易受伤害的老年人保护小组 (VEPT) 改善了长达一年的老年虐待受害者安全. 这种跨学科的服务显示出在紧急部门内识别和干预老年虐待案件的前景.
科学领域:
- 老年医学 老年医学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会工作 社会工作 社会工作
背景情况:
- 在紧急部门 (ED) 访问期间,老年人虐待的识别和干预往往会被遗漏.
- 易受伤害的老年人保护小组 (VEPT) 作为一种新的跨学科咨询服务,旨在解决这一差距.
- 这项研究探讨了接受VEPT评估和干预的患者的长期结果.
研究的目的:
- 评估脆弱老年人保护小组 (VEPT) 在改善遭受虐待的老年人安全方面的有效性.
- 在12个月的随访期间评估安全改善的持久性.
- 识别老年人虐待案件干预的挑战和复杂性.
主要方法:
- 对年长的成年人进行了12个月的随访,他们对VEPT看到的虐待的担忧很大或中等.
- 数据是通过对患者和相关方的电话收集的.
- 在随访期间,还分析了在ED/医院与VEPT咨询的再呈现.
主要成果:
- 在干预后12个月,老年人虐待不再发生在60.9%的患者中.
- 在12个月后,17.4%的患者观察到与犯罪者的接触减少.
- 10.2%的患者再次向ED提出,对老年人虐待的持续担忧,突出了干预的复杂性.
结论:
- 与VEPT计划的参与导致长期改善了老年虐待受害者出院后的安全.
- 这项研究表明了医院老年人虐待响应小组的潜在价值.
- VEPT代表着老年医疗护理的一个有希望的新模式,特别是在处理老年人虐待方面.
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