Zhang, Q., Li, S., & Wu, Y. (2024). Understanding Risk Factors for Suicide Among Older People in Rural China: A Systematic Review. Innovation in aging, 8(3), igae015. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igae015
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.
Please note that in order to view most of these articles, you must access the magazine’s website and pay a fee. Where possible, there’s a link to the PDF of the article (through the Download button) which allows you to view it at no cost. If you are part of an educational institution or that your organization offers a library service (e.g. some CISSSs), they may have already subscribed to these journals and they allow free access from a computer workstation in the facility.
Castledine, G. (2001). Case 58: abuse of elderly patients. Staff nurse who assaulted and restrained elderly patients. British Journal of Nursing (Mark Allen Publishing), 10(19), 1236.
Themes:
Hospital settings* and physical mistreatment*
Bajpai, N., Kulshreshtha, K., Dubey, P., & Sharma, G. (2023). Travesty of life elders abuse an inquiry of physical and psychological abuse. Ageing International, 48(2), 413-437. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12126-021-09479-x
Choi, N. G., & Marti, C. N. (2023). Depression in older women who died by suicide: associations with other suicide contributors and suicide methods. Journal of Women & Aging, 36(3), 210–224. https://doi.org/10.1080/08952841.2023.2292164
Doherty, M. E., & Scannell-Desch, E. (2023). Posttraumatic growth in women who have experienced intimate partner abuse. Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services, 61(8), 34-41. https://doi.org/10.3928/02793695-20230222-01
Kim, S. H., & Park, S. (2023). Modeling suicidal ideation in Korean older adults based on their social relationships and mental health: a meta-analytic path analysis. Aging & mental health, 27(11), 2193–2201. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2023.2207483
Lee, H., & Lee, E. (2023). Subgroups of self-neglect and effects on suicidal ideation among the older adults. Development and psychopathology, 1–9. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579423000780
Pan, H., Qualter, P., Barreto, M., Stegen, H., & Dury, S. (2023). Loneliness in Older Migrants: Exploring the Role of Cultural Differences in Their Loneliness Experience. International journal of environmental research and public health, 20(4), 2785. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20042785
Rosen, T., Rippon, B., Elman, A., Gogia, K., Chansakul, A., Chang, E. S., Hancock, D. W., Bloemen, E. M., Clark, S., & LoFaso, V. M. (2023). Mechanisms and weapons in physical elder abuse injuries: Findings from legally adjudicated cases. Injury, 54(8), 110845. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2023.110845
Blondin Ruel, R.-A. (2023). Mieux comprendre le suicide chez les personnes de 65 ans et plus : des repères pour intervenir lorsque l'âgisme alimente le désespoir. [Essai doctoral, Université du Québec à Montréal]. Archipel. https://archipel.uqam.ca/16663/1/D4363.pdf
Themes:
Ageism, physical mistreatment* and self neglect*