Measuring the costs associated with elder mistreatment and identifying potential downstream cost savings from intervention and prevention efforts (making a "business case") are essential research goals to influence policy. Given that Medicaid has a central role in funding healthcare for poor and institutionalized older adults, we hypothesized that elder mistreatment and response may have a substantial impact on associated costs and developed a theoretical model to describe the mechanisms through which this might occur. I was excited to present this at hashtag#GSA2025 during a symposium that underscored the importance of strong theoretical frameworks in advancing elder mistreatment research and developing effective prevention strategies. Thanks very much to Kelly Marnfeldt for chairing the symposium and inviting me to contribute, to co-presenters Kylie Meyer, Kelly Marnfeldt, Elizabeth Avent, PhD, and Elizabeth Bloemen, MD, MPH, and to our extraordinary discussant Kate wilber. I really appreciate the work of co-authors on this abstract: Elaine Gottesman, Alyssa Elman, Yongkang Zhang, Yiyuan Wu, Jiani Yu, Zach Gassoumis, and Kenny Steinman as well as other collaborators in this work: Daniel Baek, MPH, Madeline Sterling, MD, MPH, MS, Kristin Lees Haggerty, Laura Keohane, Bobbie Johannes, PhD MPH, H. Lester Kirchner, PhD, Mark Lachs, Sara Czaja, and Karl Pillemer.
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