Table 2.

Evaluation of Aging-Related Health Training Program by Police Officers (n=76)

Evaluation of individual training componentsa
Rating of training session, mean score (SD)	5-point Likert scale (5 excellent, 1 poor)
Educational content	4.4 (0.7)
Information and resources shared	4.4 (0.7)
Opportunities for questions and discussion	4.5 (0.8)
Hands-on learning activity: mobility impairment	4.8 (0.5)
Hands-on learning activity: dexterity	4.7 (0.5)
Hands-on learning activity: medication management	4.7 (0.6)
Likelihood will apply what you learned to your work	4.4 (0.7)
Overall quality of the session	4.6 (0.7)
Retrospective pre-post evaluationb
Rating of knowledge and skills before versus after training, mean (SD)	Retrospective pre	Post	P value
Apply principles of geriatrics and aging to your work	2.5 (0.9)	4.0 (0.6)	<.001
Explain that the general population and criminal justice population are aging	2.4 (1.1)	4.1 (0.8)	<.001
Recognize that the health of older adults varies widely	3.1 (1.0)	4.3 (0.6)	<.001
Identify common age-related changes that can affect safety in the criminal justice system (e.g., changes in memory, vision, hearing, skin)	2.9 (1.0)	4.2 (0.7)	<.001
Be familiar with conditions that are common in aging such as vulnerability to heat and cold	3.0 (1.1)	4.2 (0.7)	<.001
Understand that dementia can cause changes in behavior and judgment	3.1 (1.2)	4.3 (0.7)	<.001
Knowledge that memory impairment and dementia can place an older adult at risk for elder abuse	3.3 (1.1)	4.3 (0.7)	<.001
Knowledge that elder abuse is common and underreported	3.3 (1.1)	4.3 (0.7)	<.001
Ability to identify signs of elder abuse	3.1 (1.1)	4.2 (0.8)	<.001
Knowledge of changes in alcohol tolerance in older adults	2.6 (1.2)	4.3 (0.7)	<.001

SD, standard deviation.

^aEvaluation of training components conducted on a 5-point Likert scale (5 excellent, 1 poor).

^bRetrospective pre-post assessments conducted on a 5-point Likert scale (5 excellent, 1 poor).