Warburton-Wynn, A. (2022). Sexual assault of older people by hospital staff in England. The Journal of Adult Protection, 24(1), 54-56. DOI:10.1108/JAP-11-2021-0040
Themes:
Extent of the phenomenon* and sexual mistreatment*
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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Weissberger, G. H., Lim, A. C., Mosqueda, L., Schoen, J., Axelrod, J., Nguyen, A. L., Wilber, K. H., Esquivel, R. S., & Han, S. D. (2022). Elder abuse in the COVID-19 era based on calls to the National Center on Elder Abuse resource line. BMC geriatrics, 22(1), 689. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03385-w
Themes:
COVID-19*, extent of the phenomenon* and mistreatment in general
Weissberger, G., & Bergman, Y. S. (2022). The association between subjective age and financial exploitation vulnerability among older adults: The moderating role of social support. Journal of elder abuse & neglect, 34(4), 314–324. https://doi.org/10.1080/08946566.2022.2108181
Weissberger, G. H., Bodner, E., Palgi, Y., Kavé, G., Shmotkin, D., & Shrira, A. (2022). The Association Between Views of Aging and Subjective Cognitive Complaints in Older Adults: Findings From Two Samples. Research on aging, 44(7-8), 531–544. https://doi.org/10.1177/01640275211065150
Themes:
Consequences*
Weldrick, R., Canham, S. L., Sussman, T., Walsh, C. A., Mahmood, A., Nixon, L., & Burns, V. F. (2022). "A right place for everybody": Supporting aging in the right place for older people experiencing homelessness. Health & social care in the community, 30(6), e4652–e4661. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13871
Werner, P., AboJabel, H., & Tur-Sinai, A. (2022). Ageism towards older and younger people in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. Maturitas, 157, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2021.11.002
Wright, M. T., Smith, D., Baird, C. S., & Ibrahim, J. E. (2022). Using the Theoretical Framework of Acceptability to understand the acceptability of e-training for nurse led prevention of unwanted sexual behaviour in Australia’s residential aged care services. AJAN - The Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 39(4). https://doi.org/10.37464/2020.394.762
Withall, A., Karystianis, G., Duncan, D., Hwang, Y. I., Kidane, A. H., & Butler, T. (2022). Domestic Violence in Residential Care Facilities in New South Wales, Australia: A Text Mining Study. The Gerontologist, 62(2), 223–231. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnab068
Themes:
Sexual mistreatment*
Wolde, A., Wolancho, W., Belay, Y., Alemu, A., Asefa, A., & Gebremedhin, T. (2022). A Community-Based Exploratory Cross-Sectional Study of Elder Abuse Perpetration or Victimization Among Elders in Ethiopia, 2022. Clinical interventions in aging, 17, 957–969. https://doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S360548
Themes:
Extent of the phenomenon* and mistreatment in general
Xu, L., Sun, H., Xu, H., Chen, X., Xu, Q., Jiang, H., Ren, L., Wang, Y., & Dong, C. (2022). Self-neglect among older adults admitted to a Chinese comprehensive hospital in the COVID-19 pandemic era: a cross-sectional study. Journal of elder abuse & neglect, 34(4), 241–258. https://doi.org/10.1080/08946566.2022.2095319