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April 3, 2026Journal of the American Geriatrics Society2 citations

Primary Care Utilization Among Legally Adjudicated Elder Mistreatment Cases in Comparison to Other Older Adults

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JYJiani YuHZH ZhangYWYiYuan Wu

Key Points

  • To investigate whether older adults facing mistreatment utilize outpatient primary care less than their peers.
  • Comparative analysis of primary care utilization between older adults mistreated and those not mistreated
  • Examined outpatient care usage surrounding the time of mistreatment
  • Identified trends and patterns in healthcare access among the two groups
  • Older adults experiencing mistreatment do not show lower outpatient primary care usage
  • No significant differences in healthcare access between mistreatment cases and other older adults
  • Indicates the need for better detection and intervention strategies in primary care settings

Abstract

Contrary to hypotheses, older adults experiencing mistreatment were not less likely to use outpatient primary care than other older adults during the period surrounding mistreatment. Additional research is needed to examine potential explanations and explore opportunities to improve detection and intervention in primary care.

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Yu et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69cf5e2e5a333a821460c44chttps://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.70396
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