Godfrey, D. (2020). Civil Recovery in Elder Financial Exploitation Cases. Bifocal, 41(4), 1–3.
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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Mao, A. (2020). The U.S. Department of Justice Defends Against Elder Financial Fraud and Abuse. Generations, 44(1), 101–102.
Morton, J. R., & Rosenbaum, S. (2020). An Analysis of Elder Financial Exploitation: Financial Institutions Shirking Their Legal Obligations to Prevent, Detect, and Report This “Hidden” Crime. Elder Law Journal, 27(2), 261–296.
Petruy, E., & Dalin, H. (2020). The Future of Elder Justice: A Perspective from the Administration for Community Living. Generations, 44(1), 98–100.
Riederer, A. M., & Golding, J. M. (2020). Perceptions of plea bargaining in cases of elder financial abuse. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 32(3), 217–234.
Golbert, C. P. (2019). Taking the Initiative: Office of the Cook County Public Guardian’s Financial Recovery Program: A program that combats elder financial abuse by fighting to recover money stolen from older adults with disabilities. Generations, 43(4), 108–111.
Mock, W. B. T. (2019). Human Rights and Aging: The UN’s Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing is working to provide human rights to older adults, much as the UN did with women and children. Generations, 43(4), 80–86.
Lewis, V. J., White, V., Hawthorne, F., Eastwood, J., & Mullins, R. (2020). Addressing elder abuse through integrating law into health: What do allied health professionals at a Community Health Service in Melbourne, Australia, think? Australasian Journal on Ageing, 39(2), e220–e225.
McLaughlin, J. S. (2019). Age Discrimination Laws, Physical Challenges, and Work Accommodations for Older Adults: How effective are age discrimination laws in aiding older workers? And what policies might help to strengthen these laws? Generations, 43(3), 59–62.
Abrams, R. C., Ansell, P., Breckman, R., Karlawish, J., Lachs, M., Holt-Knight, D., … LoFaso, V. (2019). The Interview for Decisional Abilities (IDA): a tool to assess the decisional capacity of abused and neglected older adults. Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 31(3), 244–254.