Lioyd-Sherlock, P., Penhale, B. & Ayiga, N. (2018). Financial Abuse of Older People in Low and Middle-Income Countries: The Case of South Africa. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 30(3), 236-246.
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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Piri, N., Taheri, P., Khodakarim, S. & Etemad, K. (2018). Domestic elder abuse and associated factors in elderly women in Tehran, Iran. Epidemiology And Health, e2018055.
Themes:
Family violence*, gender* and risk factors and vulnerability*
Makaroun, L. K., Taylor, L. & Rosen, T. (2018). Veterans Experiencing Elder Abuse: Improving Care of a High‐Risk Population About Which Little Is Known. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 66(2), 389–393.
Themes:
Research* and risk factors and vulnerability*
McDonald, L. (2018). The Mistreatment of Older Canadians: Findings from the 2015 National Prevalence Study. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 30(3), 176-208.
Moore, S. (2018). Assumption, the mother of all foul ups: a fundamental reason for the continuing abuse of adults at risk. Journal of Adult Protection, 20(3), 129–143.
Orfila, F., Coma-Solé, M., Cabanas, M., Cegri-Lombardo, F., Moleras-Serra, A. & Pujol-Ribera, E. (2018). Family Caregiver Mistreatment of the Elderly: Prevalence of Risk and Associated Factors. BMC Public Health, 18(167), 1-14.
Ostaszkiewicz, J. (2018). A conceptual model of the risk of elder abuse posed by incontinence and care dependence. International Journal of Older People Nursing, 13(2), 1–11.
Reyes, O. C. A., Ocampo, C. J. M., Campo, A. A., Holmes, H. & Halphen, J. (2018). Association Between History of Abuse and Falling in Older Adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 66(8), 1603–1607.
Themes:
Consequences* and risk factors and vulnerability*
Talpur, A. A., Ryan, T., Ali, P. & Hinchliff, S. (2018). Elder mistreatment in South Asian communities: a review of the literature. Journal of Adult Protection, 20(5), 193–206.
Themes:
Intercultural* and risk factors and vulnerability*
Teresi, J. A., Ocepek-Welikson, K., Ramirez, M., Solomon, J. & Reingold, D. (2018). Methodological approaches to the analyses of elder abuse screening measures: Application of latent variable measurement modeling to the WC-RAPS. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect. 1-24