Fulmer T. (2003). Try this: best practices in nursing care to older adults. Elder abuse and neglect assessment [reprinted with permission from Try This: Best Practices in Nursing Care to Older Adults from the John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing, Issue No. 15, May 2002.] Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 29(1), 8–9.
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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Yonai, Y., Masarwa, R., Natan, M. B., Steinfeld, Y., & Berkovich, Y. (2022). Knowledge, attitudes, detection, and reporting practices of elder abuse among orthopedists. European Geriatric Medicine, 13(6), 1425–1431. https://doi-org.ezproxy.usherbrooke.ca/10.1007/s41999-022-00685-7
Rosen, T., Wen, K., Makaroun, L. K., Elman, A., Zhang, Y., Jeng, P. J., LoFaso, V. M., Lachs, M. S., Clark, S., & Bao, Y. (2022). Diagnostic Coding of Elder Mistreatment: Results From a National Database of Medicare Advantage and Private Insurance Patients, 2011-2017. Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society, 41(4), 918–927. https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648211018530
Themes:
Detection and identification* and mistreatment in general
Reyhan, F. A., Dagli, E., Ozerdogan, N. (2022). International Journal of Caring Sciences. Nicosia,15(2), 941-952.
Themes:
Ageism*, detection and identification*, prevention* and sexual mistreatment*
Ranabhat, P., Nikitara, M., Latzourakis, E., & Constantinou, C. S. (2022). Effectiveness of Nurses' Training in Identifying, Reporting and Handling Elderly Abuse: A Systematic Literature Review. Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland), 7(5), 108. https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics7050108
Themes:
Ageism*, detection and identification* and training*
Pampolim, G., Pedroso, M. R. O., Santos, D. F., Leite, F. M. C. (2022). Analysis of interpersonal and self-inflicted violence in older adults. Texto contexto - enferm, 31. doi.org/10.1590/1980-265X-TCE-2022-0198en
O'Regan, S., McGrane, N., Dunbar, P., Dunnion, M., Leistikow, I., & O'Connor, L. M. (2022). Public Reporting of Adverse Events From Long-Term Care Facilities for Older Persons and People With Disability in Ireland 2013-2019: Development of an Openly Accessible Database and Descriptive Analyses. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 23(8), 1328–1334.e2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2021.09.015
Themes:
Detection and identification* and mistreatment in general
Nobels, A., Cismaru-Inescu, A., Nisen, L., Hahaut, B., Lemmens, G. M. D., Vandeviver, C., & Keygnaert, I. (2022). Challenges in Conducting Sexual Health and Violence Research in Older Adults Beyond the General Data Protection Regulation: A Belgian Case Study. Journal of interpersonal violence, 37(15-16), NP14695–NP14715. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605211015256
Nicholson, E. C., & Damons, A. (2022). Linking the processes of medication administration to medication errors in the elderly. Health SA = SA Gesondheid, 27, 1704. https://doi.org/10.4102/hsag.v27i0.1704
Naderi, Z., Gholamzadeh, S., Ebadi, A. et al. (2022). Development and psychometric properties of the hospitalized elder abuse questionnaire (HEAQ): a mixed methods study. BMC Geriatr 22 (715). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03400-0
Themes:
Detection and identification* and mistreatment in general