McDonald, L. (2018). The Mistreatment of Older Canadians: Findings from the 2015 National Prevalence Study. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 30(3), 176-208.
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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Morgan, R. C., Teaster, P. B. & Thomas, R. W. (2018). A View from the Bridge: A Brief Look at the Progression of Cases of Elder Financial Exploitation Prosecutions. Elder Law Journal, 25(2), 271-325.
Phelan, A., McCarthy, S. & McKee, J. (2018). Safeguarding Staff’s Experience of Cases of Financial Abuse. British Journal of Social Work, 48(4), 924–942.
Purser, K., Cockburn, T., Cross, C. & Jacmon, H. (2018). Alleged Financial Abuse of Those under an Enduring Power of Attorney: An Exploratory Study. British Journal of Social Work, 48(4), 887–905.
Stanyer, A. (2018). Financial abuse of the elderly: should legal safeguards be enhanced? Journal of Law & Society, 45(2), 8.
Beach, S. R., Liu, P., Deliema, M., Iris, M., Howe, M. J. & Conrad, K. J. (2017). Development of Short-Form Measures to Assess Four Types of Elder Mistreatment: Findings from an Evidence-Based Study of APS Elder Abuse Substantiation Decisions. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 29(4), 229-253.
Burnes, D., Henderson Jr, C. R., Sheppard, C., Zhao, R., Pillemer, K. & Lachs, M. S. (2017). Prevalence of Financial Fraud and Scams Among Older Adults in the United States: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. American Journal of Public Health, 107(8), e13-e21.
Themes:
Extent of the phenomenon* and financial mistreatment*
Hullick, C., Carpenter, C. R., Critchlow, R., Burkett, E., Arendts, G., Nagaraj, G. & Rosen, T. (2017). Abuse of the Older Person: Is This The Case You Missed Last Shift? Emergency Medicine Australasia, 29(2), 223-228.
Themes:
Financial mistreatment*
Phelan, A., Fealy, G. & Downes, C. (2017). Piloting the Older Adult Financial Exploitation Measure in Adult Safeguarding Services. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 70, 148-154.
Spreng, R. N., Cassidy, B. N., Darboh, B. S., DuPre, E., Lockrow, A. W., Setton, R. & Turner, G. R. (2017). Financial Exploitation Is Associated with Structural and Functional Brain Differences in Healthy Older Adults. The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 72(10), 1365-1368.