Adams, V. M., Bagshaw, D., Wendt, S. & Zannettino, L. (2014). Financial abuse of older people by a family member: A difficult terrain for service providers in Australia. Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 26(3), 270-290.
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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Alizadeh-Khoei, M., Sharifi, F., Hossain, S. Z., Fakhrzadeh, H. & Salimi, Z. (2014). Elder abuse: Risk factors of abuse in elderly community-dwelling Iranians. Educational Gerontology, 40(7), 543-554.
Alon, S. & Berg-Warman, A. (2014). Treatment and prevention of elder abuse and neglect: where knowledge and practice meet—a model for intervention to prevent and treat elder abuse in Israel. Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 26(2), 150-171.
Themes:
Intervention*, prevention* and risk factors and vulnerability*
Ananias, J. & Strydom, H. (2014). Factors contributing to elder abuse and neglect in the informal caregiving settings. Social Work, 50(2), 268-283.
Themes:
Risk factors and vulnerability*
Araújo dos Reis, L., Pereira Gomes, N., Araújo dos Reis, L., de Oliva Menezes, T. M. & Brock Carneiro, J. (2014). Expression of domestic violence against older people. Acta Paulista De Enfermagem, 27(5), 434-439.
Themes:
Risk factors and vulnerability*
Band-Winterstein, T.Y., Smeloy, Y. & Avieli, H. (2014). Shared reality of the abusive and the vulnerable: The experience of aging for parents living with abusive adult children coping with mental disorder. International Psychogeriatrics, 26(11), 1917-1927.
Themes:
Living environments* and risk factors and vulnerability*
Bernoth, M., Dietsch, E., Burmeister, O. K. & Schwartz, M. (2014). Information management in aged care: Cases of confidentiality and elder abuse. Journal of Business Ethics, 122(3), 453-460.
Themes:
Intervention* and risk factors and vulnerability*
Bhattacharya, S. & Bhattacharya, S. (2014). What happens to the “hand that rocked the cradle”? A study of elderly abuse in India. Journal Of Adult Protection, 16(3), 166-179.
Boland, B., Burnage, J. & Scott, A. (2014). PROFESSIONAL ISSUES. Protecting against harm: safeguarding adults in general medicine. Clinical Medicine, 14(4), 345-348.
Themes:
Prevention* and risk factors and vulnerability*
Borteyrou, X. & Paillard, E. (2014). Burnout et maltraitance chez le personnel soignant en gérontopsychiatrie. NPG. Neurologie, Psychiatrie, Gériatrie, (81), 169-174.