Multiple notifications of suspected elder abuse at St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne: A study on the predictive factors of ongoing elder abuse to assist in the earlier Identification and Intervention with vulnerable older people.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) Vulnerable Older People Model of Care (VOP MOC) is embedded in clinical practice to safeguard and improve the quality of care for vulnerable older people (VOP) where elder abuse (EA) is suspected or detected. There is limited knowledge about predictors of VOP who experience multiple notifications of EA over a prolonged period of time and the hospital system's response to these patients. AIMS: To understand the demographics, characteristics and risk factors of VOP at SVHM with multiple notifications of EA. To examine the SVHM VOP MOC response with patients who have multiple notifications of EA. METHODS: A retrospective audit of SVHM EA..