Polyvictimization in Later Life: Trauma-informed Best Practices

• NCJ Number: 252874
• Journal: Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect Volume: 29 Issue: 5 Dated: 2017 Pages: 339-350
• Author(s): Holly Ramsey-Klawsnik; Erin Miller
• Date Published: 2017
• Length: 12 pages
• Grant Number(s): 2012-VF-GX-K014
• Sponsoring Agency: Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical); Report (Study/Research); Report (Grant Sponsored); Program/Project Description; Literature Review
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This article summarizes salient trauma findings and discusses the dearth of research that pertains to the trauma of elder abuse.

Abstract

This material, along with information contained in other articles that compose this special issue, lay the foundation for advancing a trauma-informed approach to assisting older adults who have experienced polyvictimization. Informed by these findings and the authors' extensive clinical experience with victims of violence, they suggest steps for providing a trauma-informed and victim-centered response to older adults who have suffered polyvictimization. These steps are then illustrated with an in-depth late-life polyvictimization case analysis. (publisher abstract modified)