VEPT Research and Publications

Research

VEPT members are actively involved in ground-breaking research to improve identification, intervention, and prevention of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, particularly in health care settings. We’ve been invited to present our work at local, national, and international conferences. We’ve published on our work extensively in academic journals. Publications specifically related to our VEPT program include:

Vulnerable Elder Protection Team:

• Baek D, Elman A, Gottesman E, Shaw A, Makaroun LK, Stern ME, Mulcare MR, Sullivan M, Pino C, McAuley J, LoFaso VM, Chang ES, Hancock D, Bloemen EM, Tietz S, Lindberg DM, Sharma R, Clark S, Lachs MS, Pillemer K, Rosen T. 2023. Initial steps in addressing the challenges of elder mistreatment evaluation: Protocol for evaluating the Vulnerable Elder Protection Team. BMJ Open. 13(10):e071694.
  
• Rosen T, Elman A, Clark S, Gogia K, Stern ME, Mulcare MR, Makaroun LK, Gottesman E, Baek D, Pearman M, Sullivan M, Brissenden K, Shaw A, Bloemen EM, LoFaso VM, Breckman R, Pillemer K, Sharma R, Lachs MS. 2022. Vulnerable Elder Protection Team: Initial experience of an emergency department-based interdisciplinary elder abuse program. J Am Geriatr Soc. 70(11), 3260–3272.
• Rosen T, Mehta-Naik N, Elman A, Mulcare MR, Stern ME, Clark S, Sharma R, LoFaso VM, Breckman R, Lachs M, Needell N. 2018. Improving quality of care in hospitals for victims of elder mistreatment: Development of the Vulnerable Elder Protection Team. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 44(3):164-171.
• Rosen T, Stern ME, Mulcare MR, Elman A, McCarthy TJ, LoFaso VM, Bloemen EM, Clark S, Sharma R, Breckman R, Lachs MS. 2018. Emergency department provider perspectives on elder abuse and development of a novel ED-based multidisciplinary intervention team. Emerg Med J. 35(10):600-607.
• Rosen T, Hargarten S et al. 2016. Identifying Elder Abuse in the Emergency Department: Toward a Multidisciplinary Team-Based Approach. Ann Emerg Med. 68(3):378-82.

Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect Special Issue

• Elman A, Cox S, Gottesman E, Herman S, Kirshner A, Tietz S, Shaw A, Hancock D, Chang E-S, Baek D et al..  2023.  The critical role of the specialized social worker as part of ED/hospital-based elder mistreatment response teams. J Elder Abuse Negl. :1-11.

• Bloemen E, Elman A, Baek D, Gottesman E, Shaw A, Sullivan M, Pino C, McAuley J, Tietz S, Herman S et al..  2023.  Strategies for dissemination of ED/hospital elder mistreatment response team model. J Elder Abuse Negl. :1-17.

• Chang E-S, Bloemen EM, Tietz S, Lindberg D, Elman A, Gottesman E, Baek D, Hancock D, LoFaso VM, McAuley J et al..  2024.  ED/hospital program contributions to community multi-disciplinary team meetings: Different models. J Elder Abuse Negl. :1-10.

• Bloemen EM, Tietz S, Lindberg DM, Hayes J, Lum H, Gottesman E, Elman A, Sullivan M, Pino C, McAuley J et al..  2024.  Elder abuse geriatrics: describing an important new medical specialist. J Elder Abuse Negl. :1-17.