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
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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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*
Hall, L., & Lichtenberg, P. A. (2025). Successful aging through financial empowerment (SAFE): Financial coaching with older adult victims of financial exploitation. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 68(2), 151-171. https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2024.2373288
Themes:
Consequences*, financial mistreatment* and intervention*
Hammad, B. M., Salameh, B., Eqtait, F. A., Maysa, K., Fashafsheh, I. H., Ayed, A. J., ... & Hayek, M. F. (2025). Nursing students’ knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors toward aging and ageism in Palestine. BMC geriatrics, 25(1), 296.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-025-05946-1
Themes:
Ageism
Hancock, D. W., Haussner, W., Chang, E. S. I., Barghout, R., Lachs, J., Lees Haggerty, K., ... & Rosen, T. (2025). Elder Mistreatment Documentation by Prehospital Clinicians: An Analysis of the National Emergency Medical Services Information System Database. Prehospital emergency care, 29(6), 725-731.https://doi.org/10.1080/10903127.2024.2397524
Themes:
Detection and identification* and mistreatment in general
Harmel, C., Liautard, M., Farrugia, A., Gorgiard, C., Dang, C., Alcaraz, E., ... & Dufayet, L. (2025). Victims of sexual abuse aged 60 and older, an observational study from the Department of Forensic Medicine of Paris, France. Geriatric Nursing, 63, 293-299.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2025.03.047
Hurd, L., & Mahal, R. (2025). Older LGBTQ+ Canadians’ Experiences of Prejudice and Discrimination Over the Life Course. The Gerontologist, 65(6), gnaf074. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnaf074
Themes:
Ageism, consequences* and lgbtq+
İlhan, N., & Savci, C. (2025). The relationships between self-neglect and depression, social networks, and health literacy in Turkish older adults: a cross-sectional study. BMC public health, 25(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-22609-3