Privacy-friendly link of elder abuse records with health data to study older adults’ healthcare use
Official title: Research Infrastructure to Provide Insight on Healthcare Utilization of Older Adults Exposed to Elder Mistreatment and Self-Neglect
Funded at Weill Medical Coll of Cornell Univ · NIH-11463042 · Data updated 2026-11-12
A real-world project aims to connect elder protection records with health claims to better understand how healthcare is used by older adults facing elder mistreatment or self-neglect.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Weill Medical Coll of Cornell Univ NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (New York, United States) |
| Project start | September 1, 2026 |
| Project end | August 31, 2028 |
| Funding year | 2026 |
| Award (this year) | $698,599 |
| NIH project number | 1R61AG104480-01 |
| Project ID | NIH-11463042 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Older adults (60+) who have involvement with adult protective services for elder mistreatment or self-neglect and who become part of linked datasets for research.
✕Less likely to help
Individuals not involved with APS or not represented in the linked CMS claims dataset may not directly benefit.
What this research studies
This project will securely link Adult Protective Services data with CMS health claims to create a large, privacy-protected dataset. Researchers will analyze patterns of hospital visits, treatments, and outcomes for older adults involved with APS due to elder mistreatment or self-neglect. The goal is to illuminate how these conditions affect healthcare use and to support prevention, detection, and intervention efforts. The approach emphasizes data privacy and access by qualified researchers to enable meaningful insights without exposing individuals’ identities. The work could lay the groundwork for targeted programs and policy improvements to protect vulnerable older adults.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this work could improve how we detect and prevent elder mistreatment and self-neglect by revealing how caregivers, clinicians, and systems interact with at-risk older adults.
How similar studies have gone: Linking protective services data with health records is a relatively new approach; similar linked datasets have shown promise but this project is pioneering in privacy-preserving access.
Where this research is happening
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Weill Medical Coll of Cornell Univ
New York, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Rosen, Anthony — Weill Medical Coll of Cornell Univ
- Study coordinator: Rosen, Anthony
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page.