Whether and how to store firearms in the home: Qualitative insights from care partner experiences in the Safety in Dementia Trial
Considering whether and how to alter access to firearms where PWD reside can be difficult for care partners to navigate. Care partners expressed a desire to limit firearms access, but worried both about creating conflict with the PWD and the self-defense implications of making firearms inaccessible. Findings were similar across subsets of care partners indicating that standardized tools and messaging to care partners may be effective in promoting safety in homes with PWD.
Authors
- Megan L. Ranney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8450-9642)
- Jennifer Dickman Portz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3107-3598)
- Daniel D. Matlock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9597-9642)
- Faris Omeragic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0509-9754)
- Sarah Lynn Fisher
- Kayla Meza
- Christopher E. Knoepke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3521-7157)
- M. Castañeda
- Marian E. Betz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1643-6565)
- Emily Greenway (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4683-7717)
Institutions
- Yale University (US)
- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (US)
- VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System (US)
- University of Colorado Denver (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Published
- 2024-10-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.19242
- Primary Topic
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institute on Aging
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute