Yoon, S., Cummings, S., Nugent, W. R., & Forrest-Bank, S. (2022). How spousal physical abuse impacts suicidal ideation among community-dwelling older adults: the effects of protective factors. Aging & mental health, 26(1), 130–139. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2020.1844144
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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Yip, S. H., O'Connor, D., Shakeri Shemirani, F., Brown, A., & Hyman, J. (2022). Emergency assistance in situations of abuse, neglect, and self-neglect: exploring the complexity and challenges. Journal of elder abuse & neglect, 34(2), 124–151. https://doi.org/10.1080/08946566.2022.2070317
Themes:
Risk factors and vulnerability*
Yılmaz, M., Durmaz, A., & Arıkan, İ. (2022). Elderly abuse, affecting factors and evaluation of life satisfaction: a cross-sectional study. Psychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society, 22(5), 612–620. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyg.12862
Yang, Y., Deoisres, W., Wacharasin, C. & Jullamate, P.(2022).Prevalence and predictive factors of elder mistreatment in Chinese migrant families. Frontiers of Nursing,9(2) 165-172. https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2022-0015
Yan, E., Ng, H.K.L., Sun, R., Lai, D.W.L., Cheng, S.-T., Lou, V.W.Q., Fong, D.Y.T. and Kwok, T. (2022), "Resilience as a protective factor against elder abuse by family caregivers: findings from a cross-sectional study in Hong Kong". The Journal of Adult Protection, 24(5), 255-269. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAP-06-2022-0012
Xu, L., Sun, H., Xu, H., Chen, X., Xu, Q., Jiang, H., Ren, L., Wang, Y., & Dong, C. (2022). Self-neglect among older adults admitted to a Chinese comprehensive hospital in the COVID-19 pandemic era: a cross-sectional study. Journal of elder abuse & neglect, 34(4), 241–258. https://doi.org/10.1080/08946566.2022.2095319
Wiklund, N., Ludvigsson, M., Nägga, K. et al. (2022). Elder abuse and life-course victimization in hospitalized older adults in Sweden: prevalence and associations with mental ill-health. BMC Geriatr 22 (929). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03638-8
Themes:
LGBTQ+, mistreatment in general and risk factors and vulnerability*
Willis, P., Vickery, A., & Jessiman, T. (2022). Loneliness, social dislocation and invisibility experienced by older men who are single or living alone: Accounting for differences across sexual identity and social context. Ageing & Society, 42(2), 409-431. doi:10.1017/S0144686X20000914
White, C., & Alton, E. (2022). The interface between primary care and care homes: General Practitioner experiences of working in care homes for older people. Health & Social Care in the Community, 30(5), e2896–e2904.
Themes:
Risk factors and vulnerability*
Wen, J., Yang, H., Zhang, Q., & Shao, J. (2022). Understanding the mechanisms underlying the effects of loneliness on vulnerability to fraud among older adults. Journal of elder abuse & neglect, 34(1), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/08946566.2021.2024105