The Jewish Association For Services For The Aged

SUPPORTING OLDER ADULTS IN REENTRY TO CREATE COMMUNITY STRENGTH (SOAR-CCS) IN NEW YORK

ELDER ABUSE PREVENTION INTERVENTIONS PROGRAM - ELDER ABUSE AND SELF-NEGLECT (EASN) AFFECT 10%-29% OF COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER ADULTS ANNUALLY, YET MOST CASES GO UNREPORTED, LEADING TO PREMATURE MORTALITY, WORSENED HEALTH, AND COSTLY HEALTH SYSTEM UTILIZATION. DESPITE RECOGNITION AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS, FEW PREVENTION-FOCUSED, EVIDENCE-INFORMED INTERVENTIONS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN REAL-WORLD SETTINGS. AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING, HOME TO OVER 1.6 MILLION OLDER ADULTS IN THE US, PRESENTS AN UNDERUSED PLATFORM FOR PREVENTION AND EARLY INTERVENTION, OFFERING CONSISTENT ENGAGEMENT, TRUST-BUILDING, AND TIMELY SUPPORT. THE PROPOSED PROJECT, A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN JASA AND THE RISE COLLABORATIVE, WILL ADAPT, IMPLEMENT, AND EVALUATE RISE@JASA, AN ELDER JUSTICE INTERVENTION INTEGRATED INTO JASA’S HOUSING-BASED INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM (IDT) MODEL AT CASA CELINA, A SENIOR AFFORDABLE RENTAL APARTMENTS (SARA) SITE IN THE BRONX. THE RISE MODEL, PROVEN TO REDUCE RECURRENCE OF ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES REFERRALS BY MORE THAN 50%, COMBINES RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING, TEAMING, AND SUPPORTED DECISION-MAKING TO ENHANCE SAFETY, CONNECTION, AND AUTONOMY. RISE@JASA WILL EXPAND THIS FRAMEWORK BY EMBEDDING JASA’S IDT CARE COORDINATION, RESIDENTIAL SERVICE COORDINATORS, LEGAL SERVICES, AND A PEER SPECIALIST DIRECTLY INTO HOUSING OPERATIONS. USING A MATCHED COMPARISON JASA HOUSING SITE, THE PROJECT WILL EMPLOY A MIXED-METHODS EVALUATION TO ASSESS FEASIBILITY, FIDELITY, AND EFFECTIVENESS, TRACKING OUTCOMES SUCH AS EASN OCCURRENCE AND RECURRENCE, RESIDENT ENGAGEMENT, SERVICE UTILIZATION, REFERRALS, SATISFACTION, AND HEALTH INDICATORS. IF SUCCESSFUL, RISE@JASA WILL DELIVER A REPLICABLE, SCALABLE MODEL FOR PREVENTING AND ADDRESSING EASN IN SENIOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING NATIONWIDE. FINDINGS WILL BE SHARED WITH HOUSING, AGING, AND ELDER JUSTICE NETWORKS THROUGH PUBLICATIONS, TRAININGS, AND A CAPSTONE CONVENING, ADVANCING THE ACL’S GOAL OF DEVELOPING AND TESTING INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO ELDER MALTREATMENT PREVENTION AMONG POPULATIONS AT ELEVATED RISK.