Liu, P.-J., Hernandez Chilatra, J. A., & Phelan, A. (2021). Examining nurses’ role in Adult Protective Services related to safeguarding older people. Journal of Advanced Nursing.
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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Lu, P., & Shelley, M. (2021). Comparing older adult and child protection policy in the United States of America. Ageing & Society, 41(2), 273–293.
Grenier, J., Fico, A., & Thériault, C. (2021). La maltraitance des aînées. Tension dans l’agir professionnel entre la protection et le respect des droits. Le sociographe, N° 73(1), 117 128.
McGrath, S. (2020). COVID‐19, human rights and older people. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 39(4), 328–330.
Themes:
COVID-19* and laws/ rights and freedoms/ legal aspects*
Clarfield, A. M., & Jotkowitz, A. (2020). Age, ageing, ageism and “age-itation” in the Age of COVID-19: rights and obligations relating to older persons in Israel as observed through the lens of medical ethics. Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 9(1), 64.
Themes:
Ageism*, covid-19* and laws/ rights and freedoms/ legal aspects*
Byrnes, A. (2020). Human rights unbound: An unrepentant call for a more complete application of human rights in relation to older persons—And beyond. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 39(2), 91–98.
Williams, J. (2021). “Taking it on the chin”: older people, human rights and COVID-19. Journal of Adult Protection, 23(2), 86–97.
Themes:
Ageism*, covid-19* and laws/ rights and freedoms/ legal aspects*
Wand, A., Verbeek, H., Hanon, C., de Mendonça Lima, C. A., Rabheru, K., & Peisah, C. (2021). Is Suicide the End Point of Ageism and Human Rights Violations? The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry : Official Journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry.
Syme, M. L. (2021). “I Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl”: Prioritizing the Sexual Rights and Wellness of Older Adults. Clinical Gerontologist, 44(3), 207–209.
Segal, M., Doron, I. (Issi), & Mor, S. (2021). Consumer Fraud: Older People’s Perceptions and Experiences. Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 33(1), 1–21.