Beach, S. R., Schulz, R. & Sneed, R. (2016). Associations between social support, social networks, and financial exploitation in older adults. Journal of Applied Gerontology: The Official Journal of The Southern Gerontological Society,1-22.
This section suggests a selection of international publications on mistreatment of older adults that have been published since 2007. A scientific literature review is carried out every six months in order to regularly enhance this reference list.
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Benbow, B. (2016). Environmental interventions to mitigate resident-to-resident aggression. Canadian Nursing Home, 27(2), 4 11.
Bhatia, M. S., Srivastava, S., Khyati, M. & Kaushik, R. (2016). Prevalence of Abuse in Mentally Ill Patients Visiting Outpatient Setting in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India. Medicine, Science & the Law, 56(2), 91-98.
Themes:
Extent of the phenomenon* and incapacity and handicap*
Boye, F. & Yan, E. (2016). Abuse of older persons with dementia a review of the literature. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 1-21.
Themes:
Risk factors and vulnerability*
Browne, K. D., Hines, M. & Tully, R. (2016). The differences between sex offenders who victimise older women and sex offenders who offend against children. Aging and Mental Health, 1-8.
Themes:
Gender* and sexual mistreatment*
Beaulieu, M., Pelletier, C., Manseau-Young, M.-E. & Spencer, C. (2016). A-t-on besoin d’une loi de signalement obligatoire de la maltraitance envers les aînés en milieu d’hébergement au Québec? Vie et vieillissement, 13(4), 11-22.
Burnes, D. (2016). Community elder mistreatment intervention with capable older adults: Toward a conceptual practice model. The Gerontologist, 57(3), 409-416.
Bédard, M.-E., Gagnon, E. & Beaulieu, M. (2016). Nature et causes des situations de maltraitance envers les aînés traitées par les comités des usagers : un aperçu des manquements aux droits des usagers. Vie et vieillissement, 13(4), 37-44.
Burnes, D., K. Pillemer, K. & Lachs, M.S. (2016). Elder Abuse Severity: A critical but understudied dimension of victimization for clinicians and researchers. The Gerontologist, 0(0), 1-12.
Themes:
Risk factors and vulnerability*
Burnes, D., Rizzo, V. M., Gorroochurn, P., Pollack, M. H. & Lachs, M. S. (2016). Understanding Service Utilization in Cases of Elder Abuse to Inform Best Practices. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 35(10), 1036-1057.
Themes:
Best practices*