Improving Adult Protective Services Client Outcomes: A Stepped-Care Social and Mental Health Engagement Program
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Summary
The purpose of this study is to ascertain the feasibility and effectiveness of an 8-week social engagement program aimed at reducing depression and increasing social engagement among seniors who are transitioning out of Adult Protective Services (APS) for either elder abuse or self-neglect.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 65+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: Older Adults * an APS validated EM/SN case * able to provide informed consent * able to speaks English or Spanish * able to hear sufficiently using the telephone * transitioning out of APS intervention (i.e. in the case closure phase of the APS service). Student * college or university student * enrolled in a health-related program * commit to making 8-weekly consecutive calls * complete the required 1-hour training and assessment. Exclusion Criteria: Older Adults * Individuals needing a proxy to consent * suspected or confirmed decision-making capacity impairments o…
Interventions
- BehavioralStepped-care social and mental health engagement
Each student will be matched to an older adult and the students will make one call o the older adult which lasts upto 1 hour each week for 8 weeks. Ending each call, the student will assess symptoms of depression anxiety through questionnaires. If the participant responds yes on two consecutive calls to any of these questions, they will be asked if they would like to receive a call from the University of Texas Health Science Center Trauma and Resilience Center to discuss free counseling services.
- BehavioralAPS Usual care
Participants will receive a phone call for data collection. Then they will be offered to receive an abbreviated version of the stepped-care social and mental health engagement intervention, lasting only 6-weeks with the option to continue calls if agreeable between the student and older adult.
Location
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonHouston, Texas