Wei, W., & Balser, S. (2024). A systematic review: Risk and protective factors of elder abuse for community-dwelling racial minorities. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 25(1), 73-86.
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., & Bergman, Y. S. (2024). Reflective Functioning and Financial Exploitation Vulnerability in Older Adults: The Importance of Significant Others. Clinical gerontologist, 1–10. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/07317115.2024.2320921
Weissberger, G., & Bergman, Y. S. (2024). Subjective age and financial exploitation vulnerability: The mediating role of financial self-efficacy. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 67(2), 230-241. https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2023.2246159
Themes:
Financial mistreatment*
Weldrick, R., & Canham, S. L. (2024). Intersections of ageism and homelessness among older adults: Implications for policy, practice, and research. The Gerontologist, 64(5), gnad088.
Themes:
Ageism and caregivers*
Wu, H., Lu, Y., Fan, Z., & Zhang, L. (2024). The Chinese Adaptation and Validation of the Adolescents' Ageism Toward Older Adults Scale. International journal of aging & human development, 914150241235086. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00914150241235086
Themes:
Ageism, intervention* and validated tools and practice guidelines*
Wyman, J., & Malloy, L. (2024). Increasing disclosures of older adult maltreatment: a review of best practices for interviewing older adult eyewitnesses and victims. Psychiatry, psychology and law, 31(2), 274-292. https://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2023.2192260
Themes:
Mistreatment in general
Yalçın Gürsoy, M., & Uçan Yamaç, S. (2024). Elder abuse, depression, anxiety, and stress in community‐dwelling older adults. Psychogeriatrics, 24(2), 336-344 https://doi.org/10.1111/psyg.13079
Yan, C., Wang, C., Ding, X., Sun, L., Gao, W., & Liu, D. (2024). Profiles in neglect of older adult care workers in a long-term care facility: a latent profile analysis. Frontiers in public health, 12, 1320896. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1320896
Yang, F. L., Au, A. T. N., Wong, J. Y. H., & Lou, V. W. Q. (2024). The deprived or the devil? A content analysis of the media representation of older adults under COVID-19 in Hong Kong. Ageing & Society, 44(6), 1388-1409.
Yang, Y., & Salari, S. (2024). Elder mistreatment and psychological resilience: the moderating role of social support. Journal of elder abuse & neglect, 1–16. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/08946566.2024.2351005
Themes:
Consequences* and mistreatment in general