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Evaluating the Ohio elder abuse and domestic violence in late life screening tools and referral protocol
- Authors:
- EJAZ Farida K., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 13(1), 2001, pp.39-57.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article describes the evaluation processes employed in the USA to develop and test screening tools and referral protocols elder abuse and domestic violence. Three focus groups and a roundtable of experts were utilised to develop the materials in the first year. In the second year, a formal quantitative evaluation that involved 160 practitioners in Ohio was implemented to review the materials and to use them with clients. Findings form the quantitative evaluation were incorporated to make changes that led to a final document that was much simpler, less lengthy, and more relevant to beginning practitioners.
Restraint removal and changes in social response among nursing home residents
- Authors:
- EJAZ Farida K., ROSE Miriam S., JONES James
- Journal article citation:
- Research on Social Work Practice, 8(1), January 1998, pp.47-62.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Investigates whether removing physical restraints from previously restrained nursing home residents would change their social response. Findings suggest that restraint removal had no effect on changing social response over time. Even after attempting to control for differences between groups, social response was significantly related to subjects' cognitive abilities and physical activities of daily living status. The control group was better functioning in both areas, and this affected their ability to respond socially at much higher level throughout the study than the experimental group.