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Detection scales for the risk of domestic abuse and self-negligent behavior in elderly persons (EDMA)
- Authors:
- TOUZA Carmen, PRADO Carmen, SEGURA Mari P.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 24(4), 2012, pp.312-325.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This research formed part of a project aiming to develop a useful tool for social services professionals to enable them to identify elderly individuals who are suffering domestic abuse or present self-neglectful behaviour. The developed instrument, the EDMA, consists of 2 scales: the Elder Scale; and the Alleged Abuser Scale. The purpose of this article is to present the results of a study carried out to determine the psychometric properties of the EDMA. The study involved the participation of 46 professionals from Social Services in Majorca, Spain. The professionals selected participants whom they knew well in order to sort them into 3 subgroups: appropriate treatment; inappropriate treatment; and abuse. The EDMA Elder scale was completed for 278 elders (90 in the appropriate treatment group, 76 in the inappropriate treatment group, and 112 in the abuse group) and the EDMA Alleged Abuser Scale was completed for 229 individuals. The findings in terms of the reliability and validity of the instrument are discussed, and the instrument and its test results are compared with other established instruments. The results indicate that the EDMA could be used to detect situations of risk of domestic abuse and self-neglectful behaviour.
Screening of dementia in community-dwelling elderly through informant report
- Authors:
- MORALES Jose-Manuel, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 12(8), August 1997, pp.808-816.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Screening tools for cognitive decline still have low accuracy for dementia, mainly in cases of mild dementia. All of them are affected by factors such as age, sex educational level, sensory deficits and several mental disorders. This study validates a Spanish version (S-IQCODE) of the Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (I-QCODE), a dementia screening questionnaire in Spanish population-based samples. The results obtained with the S-IQCODE show that it could possibly be applied in screening for dementia in community-dwelling elderly.
Design of ISD-1: an instrument for social diagnosis in care homes for older persons
- Authors:
- CURY Silvia Patricia, ASTRAY Andres Arias, GOMEZ Jose Luis Palacios
- Journal article citation:
- European Journal of Social Work, 22(3), 2019, pp.511-525.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article describes the design process and main features of an instrument developed for use in the specialist area of intervention in care homes for older persons. The essential aim of ISD-1 (instrument for social diagnosis) is to permit the correct formulation of social diagnoses and to standardise and define the professional language used by social workers. Its content has been organised into 4 dimensions of social diagnosis, divided into 15 sub-dimensions containing 83 diagnostic categories. This work was performed in Spain, in the 24 care homes of the Madrid Social Care Agency of the Community of Madrid, involving the participation of the 40 social workers practising in these centres. ISD-1 is an easily understood and used tool, of potential use for social workers practising in care homes for older persons and capable of being adapted for use in other institutional environments, as well as being capable of adaptation and translation for its application in other countries. (Edited publisher abstract)
Screening for amnestic mild cognitive impairment and early Alzheimer's disease with M@T (Memory Alteration Test) in the primary care population
- Authors:
- RAMI L., et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 22(4), April 2007, pp.294-304.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This Spanish study aimed to design and validate a new screening test for amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (A-MCI) and early stage Alzheimer's disease (AD). The authors develop a verbal episodic and semantic memory test: the Memory Alteration Test. Discriminative validity was assessed in a population sample of 400 aged individuals from primary care population centres in Barcelona, Spain, 50 patients with A-MCI according to Petersen et al. criteria, and 66 with early AD (Global Deterioration Scale - 4 stage) according to the NINCDS-ADRDA criteria. The Memory Alteration Test is a quick, 5-minute, and easy to administer and to score. The results found that the Memory Alteration Test provides efficient and valid screening for A-MCI and early stage AD, and discriminates between A-MCI and early AD patients.