Elder Abuse Characteristics Based on Calls to the National Center on Elder Abuse Resource Line

Gali H. Weissberger; Morgan C. Goodman; Laura Mosqueda; Julie Schoen; Annie L. Nguyen; Kathleen H. Wilber; Zachary D. Gassoumis; Caroline P. Nguyen; S. Duke Han

doi:10.1177/0733464819865685

Elder Abuse Characteristics Based on Calls to the National Center on Elder Abuse Resource Line

Gali H. Weissberger, Morgan C. Goodman, Laura Mosqueda, Julie Schoen, Annie L. Nguyen, Kathleen H. Wilber, Zachary D. Gassoumis, Caroline P. Nguyen, S. Duke Han

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Abstract

Characterizing the types of elder abuse and identifying the characteristics of perpetrators are critically important. This study examined the types of elder abuse reported to the National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA) resource line. Calls were coded with regard to whether abuse was reported, types of abuse alleged, whether multiple abuse subtypes occurred, and who perpetrated the alleged abuse. Of the 1,939 calls, 818 (42.2%) alleged abuse, with financial abuse being the most commonly reported (449 calls, 54.9%). A subset of calls identified multiple abuse types (188, 23.0%) and multiple abusers (149, 18.2%). Physical abuse was most likely to co-occur with another abuse type (61/93 calls, 65.6%). Family members were the most commonly identified perpetrators (309 calls, 46.8%). This study reports the characteristics of elder abuse from a unique source of frontline data, the NCEA resource line. Findings point to the importance of supportive resources for elder abuse victims and loved ones.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1078-1087
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Applied Gerontology
Volume	39
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0733464819865685
State	Published - 1 Oct 2020
Externally published	Yes

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The authors would like to acknowledge Jacqueline Chen and Via Savage for their help with coding the NCEA calls. This work was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the University of Southern California (#HS-17-0047). The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health grants (R01AG055430 to S. D. H., R01AG060096 to L. M. and Z. D. G., and T32 AG000037 to G. H. W.) and the Administration for Community Living grant (90ABRC0001-02-00 to L. M.), as well as the Department of Family Medicine of the University of Southern California.

Funders	Funder number
National Institutes of Health	T32 AG000037
National Institute on Aging	R01AG060096, R01AG055430
University of Southern California	-17-0047
Administration for Community Living	90ABRC0001-02-00
National Center For Environmental Assessment

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abuse and neglect
caregiving
mistreatment
observational studies

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