Liu, P.-J., Hernandez Chilatra, J. A., & Phelan, A. (2021). Examining nurses’ role in Adult Protective Services related to safeguarding older people. Journal of Advanced Nursing.
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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Phelan, A., McCarthy, S. & McKee, J. (2018). Safeguarding Staff’s Experience of Cases of Financial Abuse. British Journal of Social Work, 48(4), 924–942.
Phelan, A., Fealy, G. & Downes, C. (2017). Piloting the Older Adult Financial Exploitation Measure in Adult Safeguarding Services. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 70, 148-154.
Phelan, A. (2015). Older people identified by social services to be at risk of abuse have higher rates of hospitalisation. Evidence-Based Nursing, 18(1), 5-5.
Themes:
Risk factors and vulnerability*
Phelan, A. (2014). Elder Abuse: A Review of Progress in Ireland. Journal Of Elder Abuse And Neglect, 26(2), 172-188.
Themes:
Prevention* and public policies*
Phelan, E.A., Genshaft, S., Williams, B., Logerfo, J.P. & Wagner, E. H. (2008). A comparaison of how generalists and fellowship-trained geriatricians provide geriatric care. Journal of American Geriatrics Society, 56(10), 1807-1811.
Themes:
Training*