Wang, M. S., Kang, S.-W. & Schiamberg, L. B. (2015). Ecological factors associated with elder abuse in Taiwan: a systematic review. Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development, 25(1), 13-28.
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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Wang, X. M., Brisbin, S., Loo, T. & Straus, S. (2015). Elder abuse: an approach to identification, assessment and intervention.Canadian. Medical Association, 187(8), 575-581.
Wilson, J. & Tilse, C. (2015). Opening up options: Decision making around older people's assets. Australian Social Work, 68(2), 153-155.
Themes:
Risk factors and vulnerability*
Wood, S. A., Liu, P.J. Hanoch, Y. & Estevez-Cores, S. (2015). Importance of Numeracy as a Risk Factor for Elder Financial Exploitation in a Community Sample. The Journal of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 71(6), 978-986.
Yan, E., Chan, K.-L. & Tiwari, A. (2015). A systematic review of prevalence and risk factors for elder abuse in Asia. Trauma, Violence and Abuse, 16(2), 199-219.
Yeung, P., Cooper, L. & Dale, M. (2015). Prevalence and associated factors of elder abuse in a community-dwelling population of Aotearoa New Zealand: A cross-sectional study. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work Review, 27(3), 29-43.
Zannettino, L., Bagshaw, D., Wendt, S. & Adams, V. (2015). The role of emotional vulnerability and abuse in the financial exploitation of older people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Australia. Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 27(1), 74-89.
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.
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*