Screening for intimate partner violence and abuse of elderly and vulnerable adults: recommendation statement. (2013). American Family Physician, 87(8), Online-Online 1p.
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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Sengstock, M. C. & Marshall, B. I. (2013). Adult Protective Services Workers Assess the Effectiveness of Mandatory Reporting of Elder Maltreatment in Michigan. Journal of Applied Social Sciences, 7(2), 220-232.
Themes:
Detection and identification* and reporting*
Strasser, S. M., Smith, M., Weaver, S., Zheng, S. & Cao, Y. (2013). Screening for Elder Mistreatment among Older Adults Seeking Legal Assistance Services. The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 14(4), 309-315.
Tilse, C. & Wilson, J. (2013). Recognising and responding to financial abuse in residential aged care. Journal Of Adult Protection, 15(3), 141-152.
Widmeier, K. (2013). Respect your elders. Special considerations for EMS response to geriatric patients. Journal of Emergency Medical Services, 38(8), 36-41.
Ziminski, C. E., Wiglesworth, A., Austin, R., Phillips, L. R. & Mosqueda, L. (2013). Injury Patterns and Causal Mechanisms of Bruising in Physical Elder Abuse. Journal of Forensic Nursing, 9(2), 84-91.
Themes:
Detection and identification*
Blowers, A.N., Davis, B., Shenk, D., Kalaw, K., Smith, M. & Jackson, K. (2012). A multidisciplinary approach to detecting and responding to elder mistreatment: creating a university-community parthnership. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 37(2), 276-290.
Caceres, B. A. & Fulmer, T. (2012). Mistreatment detection. In M. Boltz, E. Capezuti, T. Fulmer, D. Zwicker & A. O'Meara (Eds.), (pp. 544-561). New York, NY US: Springer Publishing Co.
Themes:
Detection and identification* and reporting*
Cooper, C., Huzzey, L. & Livingston, G. (2012). The effect of an educational intervention on junior doctors' knowledge and practice in detecting and managing elder abuse. International Psychogeriatrics, 24(9), 1447-1453.
Daly, J., M. & Jogerst, G. J. (2012). Critical care nurses' perspectives on elder abuse. Nursing in Critical Care, 17(4), 172-179.
Themes:
Detection and identification* and reporting*