Karaman, S., Bahçecioğlu Turan, G., Çayır Yılmaz, M., & Yilmaz Karabulutlu, E. (2025). Examination of elder abuse and death anxiety in older adults with a chronic disease. Nursing Open, 12(1), e70092. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.70092
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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Falardeau, M-C., Beaulieu, M., Carbonneau, H., & Levasseur, M. (2022). Resident-to-resident aggression in private seniors’ residences. Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1024/1662-9647/a000296
Leboeuf, R., Beaulieu, M. et Tschopp, F. (2021). Lutter contre la maltraitance entre les résidents dans les établissements locatifs réservés aux aînés autonomes et semi-autonomes au Québec. Écrire le social, 3, 64-82.https://maltraitancedesaines.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/2021-Leboeuf.pdf
Joyce, C. M. (2020). Prevalence and nature of resident‐to‐resident abuse incidents in Australian residential aged care. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 39(3), 269–276.
Sakis, J. R., & Kennedy, D. B. (2020). Compensation for Resident-To-Resident Attacks in Senior Living Facilities. Elder Law Journal, 27(2), 297–325.
Debois, K. A., Evans, S. D., & Chatfield, S. L. (2020). Resident-to-Resident Aggression in Long-Term Care: Analysis of Structured and Unstructured Data From the National Violent Death Reporting System, 2003-2016. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 39(10) 1069-1077
Themes:
Bullying* and older adults to older adults mistreatment*
Mosqueda, L., Neumann, A., & Ruiz-Lopez, E. (2020). Reframing Elder Abuse. Generations, 44(1), 17–19.
Teresi, J. A., Silver, S., Ramirez, M., Kong, J., Eimicke, J. P., Boratgis, G. D., Meador, R., Schultz, L., Lachs, M. S., & Pillemer, K. A. (2020). Resident-to-resident elder mistreatment (R-REM) intervention for direct care staff in assisted living residences: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial. Trials, 21(1), 1–16.
Myhre, J., Saga, S., Malmedal, W., Ostaszkiewicz, J., & Nakrem, S. (2020). Elder abuse and neglect: an overlooked patient safety issue. A focus group study of nursing home leaders’ perceptions of elder abuse and neglect. BMC Health Services Research, 20(1), 1–14.
Grigorovich, A., Kontos, P., Kontos, A.P. (2019). The “Violent Resident”: a critical exploration of the ethics of resident-to-resident aggression. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry,16(2), 173-183.