Brief Abuse Screen for the Elderly (BASE)
Date
1995
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National Institute for the Care of the Elderly
Abstract
Reis and Nahmiash developed the Brief Abuse Screen for the Elderly (BASE) as part of an intervention model to combat abuse and neglect of older adults in 1995. BASE is designed for home-care workers to screen for abuse in new clients. To use BASE, trained health service workers complete a five-item questionnaire that includes questions about whether the person in question is a caregiver or care-receiver, a scale indicator of the suspicion of abuse, and what an estimated timeline for abuse intervention may need to be. This tool is designed for use with all English-speaking health service clients 60 years or over who are either caregivers or care-receivers. This tool is proprietary and interested parties should request permission from the authors to use it. (CVR Abstract)
Description
Cost: No
Training: Yes
Number of Items: 5
Rights: Proprietary
Training: Yes
Number of Items: 5
Rights: Proprietary
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Keywords
Elder Abuse, Screening Tool, Purpose: Detection, Population: Older Adults, Population: Caregivers to Older Adults, Administration: Practitioner Observation, Suspected Elder Abuse
Citation
Reis, M., & Nahmiash, D. (1995). When seniors are abused: an intervention model. The Gerontologist, 35(5), 666-671.