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.
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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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.
Makaroun, L. K., Bachrach, R. L., & Rosland, A.-M. (2020). Elder Abuse in the Time of COVID-19-Increased Risks for Older Adults and Their Caregivers. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry : Official Journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 28(8), 876–880.
Themes:
Caregivers*, covid-19* and risk factors and vulnerability*
Meisner, B. A. (2020). Are you ok, boomer? Intensification of ageism and intergenerational tensions on social media amid covid-19. Leisure Sciences
Tarazona-Santabalbina, F. J., Martínez-Velilla, N., Vidán, M. T., & García-Navarro, J. A. (2020). [COVID-19, older adults and ageism: Mistakes that should never happen again]. Revista Espanola de Geriatria y Gerontologia, 55(4), 191–192.
Moraes, C. L. de, Marques, E. S., Ribeiro, A. P., & Souza, E. R. de. (2020). Contributions to address violence against older adults during the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil. Ciencia & Saude Coletiva, 25(suppl 2), 4177–4184.
Themes:
COVID-19*, intercultural* and risk factors and vulnerability*
Reynolds, L. (2020). The COVID-19 pandemic exposes limited understanding of ageism. Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 32(4–5), 499–505.
Rahman, A., & Jahan, Y. (2020). Defining a ‘risk group’ and ageism in the era of covid-19. Journal of Loss and Trauma.
Piccoli, M., Tannou, T., Hernandorena, I., & Koeberle, S. (2020). Ethical approach to the issue of confinement of the elderly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: Prevention of frailty versus risk of vulnerability. Ethics, Medicine, and Public Health, 14, 100539.
Themes:
Ageism*, covid-19* and ethical issues*
Beaulieu, M., Cadieux Genesse, J. & St-Martin, K. (2020). COVID-19 and residential care facilities: issues and concerns identified by the international network prevention of elder abuse (INPEA). The Journal of Adult Protection, 22(6), 385-389.
Themes:
COVID-19* and institution*