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Improving Adult Protective Services Client Outcomes: A Stepped-Care Social and Mental Health Engagement Program

Who can join

Ages 65 and older · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome

Inclusion Criteria:

Older Adults

* an APS validated EM/SN case
* able to provide informed consent
* able to speaks English or Spanish
* able to hear sufficiently using the telephone
* transitioning out of APS intervention (i.e. in the case closure phase of the APS service).

Student

* college or university student
* enrolled in a health-related program
* commit to making 8-weekly consecutive calls
* complete the required 1-hour training and assessment.

Exclusion Criteria:

Older Adults

* Individuals needing a proxy to consent
* suspected or confirmed decision-making capacity impairments or uncontrolled psychiatric illnesses such as schizophrenia, paranoia, delusion, or delirium

Student

-only engaging in the program to fulfill some educational requirement

About the study

The purpose of this study is to ascertain the feasibility and effectiveness of an 8-week social engagement program aimed at reducing depression and increasing social engagement among seniors who are transitioning out of Adult Protective Services (APS) for either elder abuse or self-neglect.

What is being tested

• Stepped-care social and mental health engagement (behavioral)
• APS Usual care (behavioral)

Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston · Participants: 400 · Started: Aug 9, 2023

Contact the study team

• Jason Burnett, PhD · Phone: (713) 873-4685
• Jordan Broussard, MS · Phone: 713 500 0321

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06257095

Locations in the U.S.

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.