MacRae, H. (2022). ‘I've never given it a thought’: Older men's experiences with and perceptions of ageism during interactions with physicians. Ageing & Society, 42(6), 1318-1339. doi:10.1017/S0144686X20001476
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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Lev, S., Dolberg, P., & Lang, B. (2022). "They just did what they usually do": Mistreatment, abuse, and neglect in nursing homes from the perspective of Ministry of Health auditing teams. Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.), 48, 24–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2022.08.005
Themes:
Extent of the phenomenon*, mistreatment in general and prevention*
Lee, L., Kong, V. Y., Cheung, C., Rajaretnam, N., Thirayan, V., Bruce, J. L., Manchev, V., Mills, R. P., Laing, G. L., & Clarke, D. L. (2022). The neglected epidemic of trauma from interpersonal violence against the elderly in South Africa. South African journal of surgery. Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir chirurgie, 60(4), 278–283. https://doi.org/10.17159/2078-5151/SAJS3794
Themes:
Consequences*, extent of the phenomenon* and physical mistreatment*
Kangasniemi, M., Papinaho, O., Moilanen, T., Leino-Kilpi, H., Siipi, H., Suominen, S., & Suhonen, R. (2022). Neglecting the care of older people in residential care settings: A national document analysis of complaints reported to the Finnish supervisory authority. Health & social care in the community, 30(4), e1313–e1324. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13538
Themes:
Extent of the phenomenon* and neglect*
Kamalvand, A. (2022). Social construction of visual ageism on Iranian news websites during COVID-19. Journal of aging studies, 62, 101063. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2022.101063
Themes:
Ageism* and extent of the phenomenon*
Jeong, M., Jen, S., Kang, H., Riquino, M., Goldberg, J.(2022). Representations of older adults in COVID-related newspaper articles: A comparison between the perspectives of older and younger adults. J Aging Stud, 63:101081. doi: 10.1016/j.jaging.2022.101081. Epub 2022 Oct 29. PMID: 36462935; PMCID: PMC9617660.
Themes:
Ageism* and extent of the phenomenon*
Hirt, J., Adlbrecht, L., Heinrich, S., & Zeller, A. (2022). Staff-to-resident abuse in nursing homes: a scoping review. BMC geriatrics, 22(1), 563. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03243-9
Hillman J. (2022). Lifetime Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence and Health-Related Outcomes among Transgender Adults Aged 50 and Older. The Gerontologist, 62(2), 212–222. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnab067
Themes:
Extent of the phenomenon*, gender* and sexual mistreatment*
Hancock, D., & Pillemer, K. (2022). Global review of elder mistreatment research: A narrative review. GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1024/1662-9647/a000299
Themes:
Extent of the phenomenon* and mistreatment in general
Gutman, G., Karbakhsh, M., & Stewart, H. G. (2022). Abuse of marginalized older adults during COVID-19: Proxy findings from the Canadian longitudinal study on aging. GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1024/1662-9647/a000301