Carthy, N., Best, D., & Divers, A. (2023). The Process of Leaving Abuse: Midlife and Older Male Experiences of Female-Perpetrated Intimate Partner Violence. Journal of interpersonal violence, 38(17-18), 10409–10432. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605231173431
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., De Schrijver, L., Van Landuyt, M., Vandeviver, C., Lemmens, G. M., Beaulieu, M., & Keygnaert, I. (2024). “In the End You Keep Silent”: Help-Seeking Behavior Upon Sexual Victimization in Older Adults. Journal of interpersonal violence, 39(9-10), 2318-2343. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605231220017
Themes:
Barriers to help seeking* and sexual mistreatment*
Kane, D., Gill, N., Walshe, J., Fallon, C., Flood, K., & Eogan, M. (2024). Sexual assault of the older person: attendances to the Republic of Ireland's sexual assault treatment unit network. Journal of forensic and legal medicine, 103, 102683. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2024.102683
Themes:
Barriers to help seeking* and sexual mistreatment*
Devaraj, V., Rose, A., & Abraham, V. J. (2024). Nature, prevalence, and risk factors for self-neglect among older people: a pilot study from Vellore, South India. BMC Public Health, 24(1), 948. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18029-4
DeLiema, M., Langton, L., Brannock, D., & Preble, E. (2024). Fraud victimization across the lifespan: evidence on repeat victimization using perpetrator data. Journal of elder abuse & neglect, 36(3), 227–250. https://doi.org/10.1080/08946566.2024.2321923
Berg, K., & Kjellberg, I. (2024). Managing reports of trouble: designated officials’ responses to reports of mistreatments initiated by service users and relatives. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 36(1), 1-24.
Giannouli, V., & Tsolaki, M. (2023). What goes wrong with the perceptions of elder financial abuse? Data from older adults, healthcare professionals and students from Greece. Journal of elder abuse & neglect, 35(4-5), 228–235. https://doi.org/10.1080/08946566.2023.2291050
Gagnon, S., Nadeau, A., Tanguay, K., Archambault, P. M., Brousseau, A. A., Carmichael, P. H., Emond, M., Deshaies, J. F., Benhamed, A., Blanchard, P. G., Mowbray, F. I., & Mercier, E. (2023). Prevalence and predictors of elder abuse among older adults attending emergency departments: a prospective cohort study. CJEM, 25(12), 953–958. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43678-023-00600-4
Elman, A., Gottesman, E., Makaroun, L. K., Chang, E. S., Baek, D., Clark, S., & Rosen, T. (2023). Adult Protective Services Perspectives on Responding to Elder Abuse and Serving Clients During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society, 42(7), 1551–1564. https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648231166276
Themes:
Barriers to help seeking*, covid-19* and mistreatment in general
Carthy, N., Best, D., Heckels, V., Weber, L., & Eberhardt, J. (2023). Complex posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among midlife to older female survivors of intimate partner violence. Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy, 15(2), 331–339. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001238