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Peer reviewedReis, Myrna; Nahmiash, Daphne – Gerontologist, 1998
Reports on the validity of the Indicators of Abuse (IOA) Screen, used by social-services-agency practitioners as an abuse screening tool. An abuse-indicator model evolving from the IOA suggests three main types of abuse signals: caregivers' personal problems/issues, caregivers interpersonal problems, and care receivers' social-support shortages…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Elder Abuse, Reliability, Screening Tests
