Patel, K., Bunachita, S., Chiu, H., Suresh, P., & Patel, U. K. (2021). Elder Abuse: A Comprehensive Overview and Physician-Associated Challenges. Cureus, 13(4), e14375.
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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Nobels, A., Keygnaert, I., Robert, E., Vandeviver, C., Haekens, A., Lemey, L., Strobbe, M., Van Den Noortgate, N., & Lemmens, G. M. D. (2021). ‘Breaking the silence’: Sexual victimisation in an old age psychiatry patient population in Flanders. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 1.
Themes:
Detection and identification* and sexual mistreatment*
Mohd Mydin, F. H., Othman, S., Choo, W. Y., Hairi, N. N. M., Hairi, F. M., Syed Karim, S. N., Tan, M. P., Ali, Z., Abdul Aziz, S., Mohd, R., Mohamad, R., Ramli, R., & Awaludin, L. R. (2021). Supporting family doctors to address elder abuse: a quasi-experimental study in Malaysia. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 33(2), 151–167.
Themes:
Detection and identification*, hospital settings* and intervention*
Kayser, J., Morrow-Howell, N., Rosen, T. E., Skees, S., Doering, M., Clark, S., Hurka-Richardson, K., Bin Shams, R., Ringer, T., Hwang, U., Platts-Mills, T. F., & Network, T. G. (2021). Research priorities for elder abuse screening and intervention: A Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research (GEAR) network scoping review and consensus statement. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 33(2), 123–144.
Kanios, A. (2021). Beliefs of secondary school youth and higher education students about elderly persons: A comparative survey. Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal.
Themes:
Ageism* and detection and identification*
Cimino-Fiallos, N., & Rosen, T. (2021). Elder Abuse-A Guide to Diagnosis and Management in the Emergency Department. Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 39(2), 405–417.
Abujarad, F., Ulrich, D., Edwards, C., Choo, E., Pantalon, M. V., Jubanyik, K., Dziura, J., D’Onofrio, G., & Gill, T. M. (2021). Development and usability evaluation of VOICES: A digital health tool to identify elder mistreatment. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 69(6), 1469–1478.
Blakely, B. E., & Dolon, R. (2021). Another Look at the Helpfulness of Occupational Groups in the Discovery of Elder Abuse and Neglect. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 13(3), 1–23.
Themes:
Detection and identification* and prevention*
Ben Natan, M., Steinfeld, Y., Yonai, Y., & Berkovich, Y. (2021). Retrospective study of older patient characteristics that increase the likelihood that a fracture was associated with abuse. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect.
Themes:
Detection and identification* and physical mistreatment*
Yaffe, M. (2021). Content and analysis of a knowledge translation activity for an elder abuse detection tool: a descriptive study. BMC geriatrics, 21(455).
Themes:
Detection and identification*