Harmel, C., Liautard, M., Farrugia, A., Gorgiard, C., Dang, C., Alcaraz, E., ... & Dufayet, L. (2025). Victims of sexual abuse aged 60 and older, an observational study from the Department of Forensic Medicine of Paris, France. Geriatric Nursing, 63, 293-299.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2025.03.047
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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Langton, L., Banks, D., Fann, M., Woods, D., Vermeer, M. J., & Jackson, B. A. (2025). Improving the Identification of and Responses to Victims of Elder Mistreatment. Rand Health Quarterly, 12(2), 1. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40109393/
Lieve, P., Maxime, C., Naomi, A., Hilde, B., Paul, V. R., & Kristof, V. A. (2025). Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Elder Abuse in Belgium: Challenges and Strategies for Intervention. Sage Open Aging, 11, 30495334251355098. https://doi.org/10.1177/30495334251355098
Mercier, E., & de Wit, K. (2025). Assessing for elder abuse after a low-level fall, we need to do better. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, 27(6), 499-499. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43678-025-00910-9
Rosen, T., Shaw, A., Elman, A., Baek, D., Gottesman, E., Park, S., ... & Czaja, S. J. (2025). Focusing on caregiver neglect: A novel strategy for mistreatment of older adults screening and intervention. The Gerontologist, 65(2), gnae185.https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnae185
Rosen, T., Shaw, A., Elman, A., Baek, D., Gottesman, E., Park, S., ... & Czaja, S. (2025). Developing a screening tool and intervention strategy for elder neglect in persons with dementia in primary care: protocol to use a multistep process. BMJ open, 15(7), e085172. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085172
US Preventive Services Task Force, Silverstein, M., Wong, J. B., Davis, E. M., Chelmow, D., Coker, T. R., Fernandez, A., Gibson, E., Jaén, C. R., Krousel-Wood, M., Lee, S., Nicholson, W. K., Rao, G., Ruiz, J. M., Stevermer, J., Tsevat, J., Underwood, S. M., & Wiehe, S. (2025). Screening for Intimate Partner Violence and Caregiver Abuse of Older or Vulnerable Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement. JAMA, 334(4), 329–338. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2025.9009
Zhou, Z., Zhuo, P., Chen, J., Wan, L., Yu, X., Wang, M., ... & Xia, Q. (2025). Elder abuse-related rib fractures: performance of chest computed tomography in two case reports. Forensic Sciences Research, owaf011. https://doi.org/10.1093/fsr/owaf011
Themes:
Detection and identification* and physical mistreatment*
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.
Beverly, E. A., Love, C., Love, M., Lammert, L., & Bowditch, J. (2023). Cinematic Virtual Reality for Educating Health Care Providers About Type 2 Diabetes, Disability, and Elder Abuse and Neglect: A Pilot Study. Journal of diabetes science and technology, 17(5), 1160–1171. https://doi.org/10.1177/19322968231171586