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Self-Report Measure of Financial Exploitation of Older Adults
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Conrad, Kendon J.; Iris, Madelyn; Ridings, John W.; Langley, Kate; Wilber, Kathleen H. – Gerontologist, 2010
Purpose: This study was designed to improve the measurement of financial exploitation (FE) by testing psychometric properties of the older adult financial exploitation measure (OAFEM), a client self-report instrument. Design and Methods: Rasch item response theory and traditional validation approaches were used. Questionnaires were administered by…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Older Adults, Psychometrics, Item Response Theory
Elder Abuse Demonstration Project. Third Interim Report to the Illinois General Assembly on Public Acts 83-1259 and 83-1432.
Illinois State Dept. on Aging, Springfield. – 1987
This document contains the third annual interim report of the Illinois Elder Abuse Demonstration Program. It discusses the overall intent of the demonstration program, trends and changes in the third year of the demonstration program compared with the results from the first two years of the program, and achievements and recommendations for a…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Demography, Elder Abuse, Individual Characteristics
Elder Abuse and Neglect: The Illinois Response.
Illinois State Dept. on Aging, Springfield. – 1987
This document outlines the ideas of the Illinois Department of Aging on the implementation and management of the Elder Abuse and Neglect Intervention Program. These topics are addressed in order to provide a basis for discussion of key elements of the proposed program and serve as a guide in the development of rules, policies, and procedures for…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Elder Abuse, Family Violence, Human Services