The EM-SART is a tool intended for use in the emergency department for identification of suspected elder mistreatment. Users should undergo training regarding the administration of the tool as well as the content areas of elder mistreatment and geriatric medical syndromes. It is important to ask the screening questions privately while the patient is unaccompanied
The National Collaboratory to Address Elder Mistreatment is supported by grants to Education Development Center from The John A. Hartford Foundation, The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and The Health Foundation for Western and Central New York.
The document can be downloaded here (Elder Mistreatment Screening and Response Tool (EM-SART)) or can be viewed below