Gender* – Research Chair on Mistreatment of Older Adults

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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Jamshidimanesh, M., Hosseini, R. S., & Pezaro, S. (2025). Exploring the experiences and coping strategies of older women encountering domestic violence and abuse: a qualitative study. BMC geriatrics, 25(1), 252. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-025-05889-7

Themes: Gender*, intervention* and intimate partner violence*

Jesus, J. C., von Humboldt, S., Soares, L., & Leal, I. (2025). Psychological and Social Predictors of Neglect in Older Adults: Insights into Gender and Residential Area Differences. Ageing International, 50(2), 21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12126-025-09594-z

Themes: Gender*, neglect*, prevention* and risk factors and vulnerability*

Zhang, M., & Zhang, X. (2025). Self-neglect in older adults: an evolutionary concept analysis. International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances, 100350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnsa.2025.100350

Themes: Gender* and mistreatment in general

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

Themes: Barriers to help seeking*, gender*, intimate partner violence*, mistreatment in general and risk factors and vulnerability*

Jakobsen, M. D., Bromseth, J., Siverskog, A., & Krane, M. S. (2023). The provision of healthcare services to older LGBT adults in the Nordic countries: a scoping review. Scandinavian journal of primary health care, 41(4), 359–371. https://doi.org/10.1080/02813432.2023.2242713

Themes: Gender*, lgbtq+ and mistreatment in general

Stodolska, A., Zawisza, K., Wizner, B., Tobiasz-Adamczyk, B., & Grodzicki, T. (2023). Neglect and self-rated health among older adults - a cross-sectional study in Poland. Folia medica Cracoviensia, 63(2), 5–28. https://doi.org/10.24425/fmc.2023.145910

Themes: Gender*, neglect* and risk factors and vulnerability*

Caskie, G. I. L., Bashian, H. M., & Voelkner, A. R. (2024). Effects of Alzheimer's Diagnosis and Gender on Ageist Attitudes, Aging Anxiety, and Emotional Reactions to Older Adults. The Gerontologist, 64(4), gnad093. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnad093

Themes: Ageism, consequences*, gender*, neuro-cognitive disorders and risk factors and vulnerability*

Dias, I., & Fraga, S. (2024). "Older people are weak": perceptions and meanings of ageing and abuse against older people. Frontiers in sociology, 8, 1329005. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2023.1329005

Themes: Ageism, gender*, mistreatment in general, neuro-cognitive disorders and risk factors and vulnerability*

Mahamid, R., & Band-Winterstein, T. (2024). From a humble identity to an identity of respect: lifetime abuse among Arab Israeli older women. Journal of elder abuse & neglect, 36(2), 148–173. https://doi.org/10.1080/08946566.2024.2324324

Themes: Gender*, mistreatment in general and risk factors and vulnerability*

Yan, E., Lai, D. W. L., Lee, V. W. P., Bai, X., & K L Ng, H. (2022). Abuse and Discrimination Experienced by Older Women in the Era of COVID-19: A Two-Wave Representative Community Survey in Hong Kong. Violence against women, 28(8), 1750–1772. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012221085998

Themes: Ageism*, covid-19*, extent of the phenomenon*, gender* and mistreatment in general

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