Improving Adult Protective Services Client Outcomes: A Stepped-Care Social and Mental Health Engagement Program

Description

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.

Conditions

Depression in Old Age

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Study overview

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.

Improving Adult Protective Services Client Outcomes: A Stepped-Care Social and Mental Health Engagement Program

Improving Adult Protective Services Client Outcomes: A Stepped-Care Social and Mental Health Engagement Program

Condition
Depression in Old Age
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Houston

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States, 77030

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * an APS validated EM/SN case
  • * able to provide informed consent
  • * able to speaks English or Spanish,
  • * community-dwelling,
  • * able to hear sufficiently using the telephone
  • * transitioning out of APS intervention (i.e. in the case closure phase of the APS service).
  • * college or university student
  • * enrolled at one of the UTHealth graduate programs in Houston, University of Houston, Texas Southern University, Sam Houston State University, or Rice University
  • * commit to making 8-weekly consecutive calls
  • * complete the required 1-hour training and assessment.
  • * Individuals needing a proxy to consent
  • * suspected or confirmed decision-making capacity impairments or uncontrolled psychiatric illnesses such as schizophrenia, paranoia, delusion, or delirium
  • * Older adults transitioning to a nursing home, assisted-living, or residential care facility

Ages Eligible for Study

65 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston,

Jason Burnett, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Study Record Dates

2025-06-01