El Hussein, M., & Sheehan, D. (2025). Nurse‐Administered Screening Tools for Detecting Elder Abuse in Emergency Departments: A Scoping Review. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 81(6), 2946-2963. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.16650
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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Erdoğan, E., & Bilkay, H. İ. (2025). Elderly abuse and neglect in digital media: a 1‐year review of Turkish newspaper reports. Psychogeriatrics, 25(2), e70005. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyg.70005
Themes:
Medias* and mistreatment in general
Fang, B., Zhou, Y., Yan, E., & Zhang, L. (2025). Impact of caregiving stressors on elder abuse—examining the mediating role of caregiver coping strategies. Aging & Mental Health, 29(5), 854-864. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2024.2421318
Themes:
Caregivers* and mistreatment in general
Farrié, A. J. (2025). Santé mentale et cognitive des minorités sexuelles âgées: impact des facteurs de stress et de protection. NPG Neurologie-Psychiatrie-Gériatrie, 25(145), 2-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.npg.2024.09.001
Themes:
LGBTQ+ and neuro-cognitive disorders
Feltner, C., Peat, C., Asher, G. N., Wright, S., Vaughan, J., Middleton, J. C., & Jonas, D. E. (2025). Screening for intimate partner violence and for caregiver abuse of older or vulnerable adults: an evidence report and systematic review for the US Preventive Services Task Force. JAMA. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jama.2025.2449?utm_campaign=articlePDF%26utm_medium=articlePDFlink%26utm_source=articlePDF%26utm_content=jama.2025.2449
Frazão, S., Magalhães, T., & Vieira-Pinto, P. (2025). Domestic violence: trends and patterns in older adults’ victims. A Portuguese ten-year study. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/08946566.2025.2498920
Giannouli, V., Hall, L., & Lichtenberg, P. A. (2025). Do Older Black Women Who Were Financially Exploited Share Specific Psychological, Cognitive, Social and Physical Health Characteristics? The Role of Financial Exploitation Vulnerability. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 07334648251347998. https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648251347998
Gum, A. (2025). Integrating a Behavioral Intervention Into Elder Abuse Services Shows Promise in Treating Depression and PTSD in Elder Abuse Survivors. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 33(11), 1131-1133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2025.07.001
Gurjar, H. S., & Kumari, A. (2025). Gender differences in the association between elder abuse and pain with depression among older adults in India: insights from a cross-sectional survey. BMC geriatrics, 25(1), 189.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-025-05836-6
Hajto‐Bryk, J., Barańska, I., Szczerbińska, K., Kossioni, A., Marchini, L., Bełch, M., & Zarzecka, J. (2025). Validation of the Polish version of an Ageism Scale for Dental Students (ASDS‐PL). Special care in dentistry, 45(1), e13070.https://doi.org/10.1111/scd.13070
Themes:
Ageism and validated tools and practice guidelines*