Harries, P., Yang, H., Davies, M., Gilhooly, M., Gilhooly, K. & Thompson, C. (2014). Identifying and enhancing risk thresholds in the detection of elder financial abuse: a signal detection analysis of professionals' decision making. BMC Medical Education, 14, 1044-1044.
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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Hoover, R. M. & Polson, M. (2014). Detecting elder abuse and neglect: assessment and intervention. American Family Physician, 89(6), 453-460.
Lee, Y., Moon, A. & Gomez, C. (2014). Elder Mistreatment, Culture, and Help-Seeking: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Older Chinese and Korean Immigrants. Journal Of Elder Abuse And Neglect, 26(3), 244-269.
Themes:
Intercultural*, intervention* and research*
Lightfoot, E. & Lee, H. Y. (2014). Elder mistreatment among Asians and Asian Americans: new directions toward prevention, intervention, and policy. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma, 23(1), 1-4.
Managing Resident-to-Resident Elder Mistreatment in Nursing Homes: The SEARCH Approach. (2014). Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 45(3), 122-123.
Ménard, J.-P. (2014). La protection des personnes vulnérables : quel rôle pour les travailleurs sociaux? Intervention, (140), 5-7.
Powers, J., Gwirtsman, H. & Erwin, S. (2014). Psychiatric Illness and Resident Assaults Among Veterans in Long-Term Care Facilities. Journal Of Gerontological Nursing, 40(4), 25-30.
Themes:
Intervention*
Richardson, V. (2014). Safeguarding adults. Journal of Perioperative Practice, 24(5), 118-120.
Themes:
Intervention* and risk factors and vulnerability*
Sandmoe, A. & Hauge, S. (2014). When the struggle against dejection becomes a part of everyday life: a qualitative study of coping strategies in older abused people. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 7, 283-291.
Themes:
Intervention* and risk factors and vulnerability*
Sommerfeld, D. H., Henderson, L. B., Snider, M. A. & Aarons, G. A. (2014). Multidimensional measurement within Adult Protective Services: design and initial testing of the tool for risk, interventions, and outcomes. Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 26(5), 495-522.