Bentum, H., Banham, V., & Adusei-Asante, K. (2024). Violence and abuse towards grandparent kinship carers in informal kinship care context. Ageing International, 49(3), 568-592. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12126-024-09574-9
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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Fenton, L., Salminen, L. E., Lim, A. C., Weissberger, G. H., Nguyen, A. L., Axelrod, J., ... & Han, S. D. (2024). Lower entorhinal cortex thickness is associated with greater financial exploitation vulnerability in cognitively unimpaired older adults. Cerebral Cortex, 34(9), bhae360.https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhae360
Themes:
Financial mistreatment*
Folorunsho, S., & Okyere, M. (2025). The impact of neglect, physical, and financial abuse on mental health among older adults: a systematic review. Aging & mental health, 29(4), 567-577. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2024.2436468
Themes:
Financial mistreatment*, intervention*, neglect* and physical mistreatment*
Ramadass, D., Sivaprakasam, S., & Venkatesan, M. (2024). Prevalence of economic violence among the geriatric population and their knowledge and utilization of social security schemes in Chengalpattu district, Tamil Nadu. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 13(11), 5014-5018.10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_683_24.https://journals.lww.com/jfmpc/fulltext/2024/13110/prevalence_of_economic_violence_among_the.39.aspx
Chen, Z., Wen, J., Li, Y., Zhang, X., Lv, C., & Shao, J. (2025). The Inevitability of Death: Mental Simulation Moderates the Effect of Death Anxiety on Older Adults’ Vulnerability to Fraud. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 44(3), 463-472. https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648241273441
Chokkanathan, S., & Mohanty, J. (2025). Elder Abuse During COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 07334648251313889. https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648251313889
Giannouli, V., Hall, L., & Lichtenberg, P. A. (2025). Do Older Black Women Who Were Financially Exploited Share Specific Psychological, Cognitive, Social and Physical Health Characteristics? The Role of Financial Exploitation Vulnerability. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 07334648251347998. https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648251347998
Gum, A. (2025). Integrating a Behavioral Intervention Into Elder Abuse Services Shows Promise in Treating Depression and PTSD in Elder Abuse Survivors. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 33(11), 1131-1133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2025.07.001
Hall, L., & Lichtenberg, P. A. (2025). Successful aging through financial empowerment (SAFE): Financial coaching with older adult victims of financial exploitation. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 68(2), 151-171. https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2024.2373288
Themes:
Consequences*, financial mistreatment* and intervention*
Kaiser, S., Burke, K. C., Lippert, A., & Golding, J. M. (2025). Perceptions of elder financial abuse in the courtroom. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 37(2), 83-106.https://doi.org/10.1080/08946566.2025.2469048
Themes:
Financial mistreatment*, intervention* and prevention*