Dabove, M. I. (2018). Autonomy, Self-determination, and Human Rights: Legal Safeguards in Argentina to Prevent Elder Abuse and Neglect. International Journal of Law, Policy & the Family, 32(1), 80–92.
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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de Castro, V. C., Rissardo, L. K. & Carreira, L. (2018). Violence against the Brazilian elderlies: an analysis of hospitalizations. Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 71, 777–785.
Deka, B. & Patir, B. (2018). Elderly Abuse: A Study Based on the Eldelry Living in Old Age Homes of Assam. Indian Journal of Gerontology, 32(4), 364-381.
Themes:
Institution* and intercultural*
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.
Gray, J. S., LaBore, K. B. & Carter, P. (2018). Protecting the Sacred Tree: Conceptualizing Spiritual Abuse Against Native American Elders. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. Advance online publication.
Themes:
Definition* and intercultural*
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.
Lioyd-Sherlock, P., Penhale, B. & Ayiga, N. (2018). Financial Abuse of Older People in Low and Middle-Income Countries: The Case of South Africa. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 30(3), 236-246.
Talpur, A. A., Ryan, T., Ali, P. & Hinchliff, S. (2018). Elder mistreatment in South Asian communities: a review of the literature. Journal of Adult Protection, 20(5), 193–206.
Themes:
Intercultural* and risk factors and vulnerability*
Yunus, R. M., Hairi, N. N., Choo, W. Y., Tan, M. P., Hairi, F., Sooryanarayana, R., &… Bulgiba, A. (2018). Elder Abuse and Chronic Pain: Cross‐Sectional and Longitudinal Results from the Preventing Elder Abuse and Neglect Initiative. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 66(6), 1165–1171.
Themes:
Consequences*, intercultural* and risk factors and vulnerability*