The IOA Screen: An Abuse-Alert Measure That Dispels Myths

Reis and Nahmiash designed and validated the Indicators of Abuse (IOA) screen to identify cases of abuse among older healthcare and social service clients. All in all, the analyses pointed to the conclusion that abuse is strongly related to a caregiver's personal and emotional problems, to financial dependence of a caregiver on a care recipient, and to a caregiver's general lack of knowledge and understanding concerning the care recipient's problems.