Wang, M., Sun, H., Zhang, J. & Ruan, J. (2019). Prevalence and associated factors of elder abuse in family caregivers of older people with dementia in central China cross-sectional study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 34(2), 299–307.
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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Fang, B., Yan, E., Chan, K. L. & Ip, P. (2018). Elder abuse and its medical outcomes in older Chinese people with cognitive and physical impairments. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 33(8), 1038–1047.
Themes:
Caregivers*, consequences*, incapacity and handicap* and intercultural*
Fang, B. & Yan, E. (2018). Abuse of Older Persons with Dementia: A Review of the Literature. Trauma, Violence & Abuse, 19(2), 127-147.
Kong, J. & Jeon, H. (2018). Functional Decline and Emotional Elder Abuse: A Population-Based Study of Older Korean Adults. Journal of Family Violence, 33(1), 17-26.
Torres, C. S., Szlejf, C., Parra, R. L. & Rosas, C. O. (2018). Association Between Frailty and Elder Abuse in Community‐Dwelling Older Adults in Mexico City. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 66(9), 1773–1778.
Twomey, M. (2018). Breaking the Silence on Older Caregivers and Abuse. Generations, 42(3), 71–76.
Themes:
Caregivers*, extent of the phenomenon* and incapacity and handicap*
Arens, O. B., Fierz, K. & Zúñiga, F. (2017). Elder Abuse in Nursing Homes: Do Special Care Units Make a Difference? A Secondary Data Analysis of the Swiss Nursing Homes Human Resources Project. Gerontology, 63(2), 169-179.
Themes:
Incapacity and handicap* and institution*
Blumenfeld Arens, O., Fierz, K. & Zúñiga, F. (2017). Elder Abuse in Nursing Homes: Do Special Care Units Make a Difference? A Secondary Data Analysis of the Swiss Nursing Homes Human Resources Project. Gerontology, 63(2), 169-179.
Themes:
Incapacity and handicap* and institution*
Melchiorre, M. G., Di Rosa, M., Barbabella, F., Barbini, N., Lattanzio, F. & Chiatti, C. (2017). Validation of the Italian Version of the Caregiver Abuse Screen Among Family Caregivers of Older People with Alzheimer's Disease. BioMed Research International, 2017(ID 3458372), 1-15.
Bhatia, M. S., Srivastava, S., Khyati, M. & Kaushik, R. (2016). Prevalence of Abuse in Mentally Ill Patients Visiting Outpatient Setting in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India. Medicine, Science & the Law, 56(2), 91-98.
Themes:
Extent of the phenomenon* and incapacity and handicap*