Despite the high abuse prevalence rates among adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD), the understanding of elder abuse and its prevention for individuals with IDD is still in its infancy.
Preventing Elder Abuse: Development of a Curriculum for Elders with IDD
- Based on earlier versions of ESCAPE (Khemka & Hickson, 2015), the Effective Strategy-based Curriculum for Abuse Prevention and Empowerment – for Elders [ESCAPE–E] was developed in close collaboration with an international program advisory board [PAB]. The development of ESCAPE-E included a needs assessment (online survey (N=86)) and a usability assessment, with a field test in two countries and two languages (USA and Switzerland) involving two trainers and ten elders with IDD.
- Results from the needs assessment and inputs from the PAB yielded critical information that helped shape the curriculum's development. Feedback from the trainers and elders with IDD validated the usefulness of the information covered in the lessons and revealed suggestions for enhancing the usability of the curriculum. ESCAPE-E appears to be a promising intervention, available in English and French, for building the knowledge and skills needed by elder populations with IDD to protect themselves from abuse and maltreatment.
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