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Some forms of elder abuse worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic, study finds<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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The Keck School of Medicine of USC-led study, the first direct comparison of elder abuse data before and during the pandemic, found increased reports of physical and emotional abuse and co-occurring abuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n

\n Zara Abrams<\/span>\n \n September 13, 2022<\/span>\n <\/div>\n \n \n
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Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, experts have raised the alarm about a heightened risk of elder abuse. Many older adults faced social isolation, experienced financial instability, or relied heavily on their caregivers\u2014factors that have been linked to elder abuse in the past.<\/p>\n

Despite the concern, data on the subject has been limited. Though some studies have compared reports of elder abuse before versus during the pandemic, they used data from two different sources, limiting researchers\u2019 ability to draw conclusions.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people have been asking how elder abuse might be changing during the pandemic, but there wasn\u2019t objective data about those trends,\u201d said Duke Han, PhD<\/a>, director of neuropsychology in the Department of Family Medicine and a professor of family medicine, neurology, psychology and gerontology\u00a0at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.<\/p>\n

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Duke Han, PhD, director of neuropsychology in the Department of Family Medicine (USC Photo\/Ricardo Carrasco III)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Han and his colleagues conducted the first study comparing elder abuse rates before and during the pandemic from a single data source, the National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA). While they did not find a significant increase in overall reports of abuse, their findings do show cause for concern. Reports of physical and emotional abuse increased, as did reports of multiple abuses happening at the same time. The study was published in the journal BMC Geriatrics<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven though we didn\u2019t see a statistical increase in reports of abuse, our data points to the idea that the abuse happening during the pandemic was more severe,\u201d said Han, the study\u2019s senior author.<\/p>\n

Shifting patterns of abuse<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>The researchers analyzed calls, emails and social media messages to the NCEA resource line, which provides information and assistance related to elder abuse. They studied two separate one-year periods: before the pandemic (March 16, 2018 to March 15, 2019) and during its peak (March 16, 2020 to March 15, 2021).<\/p>\n

First, contacts were separated into those that alleged abuse versus those that did not (for example, callers seeking general information about NCEA resources). About half of the contacts included allegations of abuse, but the percentage of contacts reporting abuse did not differ significantly between the two time periods.<\/p>\n

Next, the researchers looked more closely at the type of abuse alleged, categorizing each report as financial, physical, sexual or emotional abuse, or neglect. Across both time periods, financial abuse\u2014which can involve a family member or caretaker misusing an older person\u2019s money or possessions\u2014was most common. But during the pandemic, higher rates of emotional and physical abuse were reported. A higher percentage of contacts (27.1% during the pandemic versus 18.7% before) also reported more than one form of abuse happening at the same time.<\/p>\n

The relationship between victims and alleged perpetrators was also studied, but researchers found no significant differences between the two time periods. Across the board, family members were the most common perpetrators.<\/p>\n

While the study shows a shift in elder abuse patterns during the pandemic, it does not prove a causal link between the pandemic and the change in reports. The researchers also emphasize that NCEA\u2019s resource line is not a crisis or reporting line for elder abuse, which may limit the types of calls it receives.<\/p>\n

Reaching out to stop abuse<\/strong><\/p>\n

In general, understanding how patterns of elder abuse change during a pandemic can help improve future prevention and outreach efforts, said Gali H. Weissberger, PhD, a senior lecturer in the Interdisciplinary Department of Social Sciences at Bar-Ilan University in Israel and first author of the study. For example, increased outreach may be needed during a pandemic to ensure abuse is reported and resources are available to those who need them.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough the ratio of abuse to non-abuse calls didn\u2019t differ between the two time periods, we did see a drop in total calls during the pandemic,\u201d Weissberger said. \u201cThat might suggest that during COVID, people just reached out less.\u201d<\/p>\n

Through their collaboration with NCEA, the researchers are continuing to collect and categorize data from all calls and messages to the organization\u2019s resource line. They plan to analyze that data for additional insights about elder abuse trends over time.<\/p>\n

About this study<\/strong><\/p>\n

The study\u2019s other authors are Aaron C. Lim, Laura Mosqueda and Annie L. Nguyen from the Department of Family Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC; Julie Schoen and Richard S. Esquivel from the National Center on Elder Abuse and the Department of Family Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC; Kathleen H. Wilber from the USC Leonard David School of Gerontology; and Jenna Axelrod from the NorthShore University HealthSystem.<\/p>\n

This work was supported by the National Institute on Aging [RF1AG068166, R01AG060096, K01AG064986, T32 AG000037], the Administration for Community Living grant [90ABRC0001-02\u201300] and the Department of Family Medicine of the Keck School of Medicine of USC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":166,"featured_media":4825,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[529,169,20],"class_list":["post-4824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release","tag-department-of-family-medicine","tag-latest","tag-research"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSome forms of elder abuse worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic, study 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