ACL Releases
Adult Protective Services Research Agenda
Editor's note: Due to a technical issue, the APS Research
Agenda link was temporarily broken this morning. The issue has been
resolved and you can download the Research Agenda here.
ACL is pleased to announce the release of the first ever Research
Agenda for Adult Protective Service (APS).
APS is a key provider of intervention and services to older
adults and people with disabilities experiencing abuse, neglect, and
exploitation.
The goals of this research agenda are to:
- provide
guidance to researchers, APS programs, and funders to help move the
field forward;
- highlight
research gaps to help inform the APS field; and ultimately
- help
build a cohesive body of evidence for the APS field.
The Research Agenda features 61 high-priority APS research
questions, identified based on rankings by a panel of experts in the
field of adult maltreatment. The questions reveal that there are many
foundational issues related to APS that remain unanswered, for example:
- What
is the impact of caseload size on the quality of APS investigations
and interventions?
- What
is the impact of interventions for perpetrators on APS client
outcomes?
- What
is the impact of specialized APS units (for example, units focused
on financial exploitation or self-neglect) on investigation outcomes?
ACL hopes that the APS Research Agenda will encourage
researchers to partner with APS programs to answer these important
questions. Partnerships between researchers and APS programs are
essential to ensure that research is relevant and useful to practitioners
and reflects the complexities of APS work and the rights of clients.
Learn more
about ACL’s work to support state APS systems.
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