Baumann, A., Crea-Arsenio, M., Smith, V., et al. (2024). Abuse in Canadian long-term care homes: a mixed methods study. BMJ Open Quality, 13:e002639. doi:10.1136/bmjoq-2023-002639
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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Hopf, S., Walsh, K., & Georgantzi, N. (2024). Social patterns of ageism: Expert perspectives from Austria and Ireland. Ageing & Society, 44(1), 79-103. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X22000186
Themes:
Ageism and laws/ rights and freedoms/ legal aspects*
Yun, I., Kim, H., Park, E. C., & Jang, S. Y. (2022). Association of perceived life satisfaction with attitudes toward life-sustaining treatment among the elderly in South Korea: a cross-sectional study. BMC palliative care, 21(1), 184. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-022-01072-6
Yonai, Y., Masarwa, R., Natan, M. B., Steinfeld, Y., & Berkovich, Y. (2022). Knowledge, attitudes, detection, and reporting practices of elder abuse among orthopedists. European Geriatric Medicine, 13(6), 1425–1431. https://doi-org.ezproxy.usherbrooke.ca/10.1007/s41999-022-00685-7
Nwakasi, C. C., & Roberts, A. R. (2022). Older Adults under Guardianship: Challenges and Recommendations for Improving Practice. Journal of aging & social policy, 34(3), 401–417. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959420.2021.1926198
Themes:
Caregivers* and laws/ rights and freedoms/ legal aspects*
Jang, K. A., & Kim, Y. R. (2022). Effect of Korean Dental Hygienists' Experiences Related to the Elderly on Their Perception of Human Rights Violations of the Elderly: A Cross-Sectional Study. International journal of environmental research and public health, 19(6), 3376. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063376
Thomas, S. E. (2023). Law and its discontents: ageing and Family Law in India. Journal of social and economic development, 1–16. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40847-022-00211-2
Kamateros, A. (2020). Le rôle des institutions financières dans la lutte contre la maltraitance financière et matérielle envers les personnes aînées en situation de vulnérabilité: élaboration d'un protocole respectueux du droit à l'autonomie. Revue du notariat, 122(3), 411-473.
Morin, C., Lepage, C. et Pilote, S. (2022). Regard vers les tribunaux à la suite de l’adoption de la Loi visant à lutter contre la maltraitance envers les aînés et toute autre personne majeure en situation de vulnérabilité. Les cahiers de droit, 63(1), 271-300.
Drommi, M., Ponte, A., Ventura, F., & Molinelli, A. (2021). Elder abuse in Europe’s “most elderly” city: an update of the phenomenon based on the cases reported to the Penal Court of Genoa from 2015 to 2019 and literature review. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research