TY - BOOK ID - 143045990 TI - Evaluability Assessment and Evaluation Options for an Elder Abuse Shelter Model AU - Smucker, Sierra AU - Cahill, Meagan AU - Clark, Deven AU - Friedman, Esther M. AU - Hoch, Emily AU - Martineau, Monique AU - Taylor, Jirka AU - Todd, Ivy PY - 2023 PB - RAND Corporation DB - UniCat UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:143045990 AB - As the number of older adults in the United States increases, there will be a corresponding increase in the need for services to prevent elder abuse and intervene in cases where it has already occurred. However, there are a limited number of evidence-based interventions to support victims of elder abuse. To encourage the rigorous evaluation of one intervention—Elder Abuse Shelters (EASs)—RAND researchers developed three research designs and assessed the preparedness of the well-established Weinberg Center's EAS in New York to undertake them. Researchers found that the Weinberg Center's EAS is well established, and the program model was organizationally and programmatically ready to be evaluated, though data collection practices should be strengthened before implementing the suggested evaluation designs. These evaluation designs could be generalized and implemented at EASs across the country as the number of shelters continues to grow. ER -