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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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D’cruz, M., & Banerjee, D. (2020). “An invisible human rights crisis”: The marginalization of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic - An advocacy review. Psychiatry Research, 292, 113369.
Flett, G. L., & Heisel, M. J. (2020). Aging and Feeling Valued Versus Expendable During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: a Review and Commentary of Why Mattering Is Fundamental to the Health and Well-Being of Older Adults. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 1–27.
Fruhauf, M., Doron, I. (Issi), & Palgi, Y. (2020). Ageism: Can a museum exhibit make a difference? International Psychogeriatrics. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610220000617
Themes:
Ageism* and prevention*
Galton, N., Hammond, N. G., & Stinchcombe, A. (2020). Personality traits and fears of death and dying predict ageism. Death Studies. https://doi-org.ezproxy.usherbrooke.ca/10.1080/07481187.2020.1829746
Themes:
Ageism*
Gordon, S. (2020). Ageism and age discrimination in the family: Applying an intergenerational critical consciousness approach. Clinical Social Work Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10615-020-00753-0
Themes:
Ageism* and family violence*
Vale, M. T., Bisconti, T. L., & Sublett, J. F. (2020). Benevolent ageism: Attitudes of overaccommodative behavior toward older women. The Journal of Social Psychology, 160(5), 548–558.
Heywood, W., Minichiello, V., Lyons, A., Fileborn, B., Hussain, R., Hinchliff, S., Malta, S., Barrett, C., & Dow, B. (2019). The Impact Of Experiences Of Ageism On Sexual Activity And Interest In Later Life. Ageing & Society, 39(4), 795–814.
Themes:
Ageism*, consequences* and sexual mistreatment*
Jimenez-Sotomayor, M. R., Gomez-Moreno, C., & Soto-Perez-de-Celis, E. (2020). Coronavirus, Ageism, and Twitter: An Evaluation of Tweets about Older Adults and COVID-19. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 68(8), 1661–1665.
Kaplan Serin, E., & Tülüce, D. (2020). Determining nursing students’ attitudes and empathic tendencies regarding aged discrimination. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care.
Themes:
Ageism*, hospital settings* and training*