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.
Mueller, E. A., Wood, S. A., Hanoch, Y., Huang, Y., & Reed, C. L. (2020). Older and wiser: age differences in susceptibility to investment fraud: the protective role of emotional intelligence. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 32(2), 152–172.
Simmons, J., Wiklund, N., Ludvigsson, M., Nägga, K., & Swahnberg, K. (2020). Validation of REAGERA-S: a new self-administered instrument to identify elder abuse and lifetime experiences of abuse in hospitalized older adults. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 32(2), 173–195.
Weissberger, G. H., Mosqueda, L., Nguyen, A. L., Samek, A., Boyle, P. A., Nguyen, C. P., & Han, S. D. (2020). Physical and mental health correlates of perceived financial exploitation in older adults: Preliminary findings from the Finance, Cognition, and Health in Elders Study (FINCHES). Aging & Mental Health, 24(5), 740–746.
Themes:
Consequences* and financial mistreatment*
Xing, T., Sun, F., Wang, K., Zhao, J., Wu, M., & Wu, J. (2020). Vulnerability to fraud among Chinese older adults: do personality traits and loneliness matter? Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 32(1), 46–59.
Dauenhauer, J., Heffernan, K., Webber, K., Smoker, K., Caccamise, P., & Granata, A. (2020). Utilization of a forensic accountant to investigate financial exploitation of older adults. Journal of Adult Protection, 22(3), 141–152.
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.
Lichtenberg, P. A., Campbell, R., Hall, L., & Gross, E. Z. (2020). Context Matters: Financial, Psychological, and Relationship Insecurity Around Personal Finance Is Associated With Financial Exploitation. Gerontologist, 60(6), 1040–1049.