Flores, R. J., Murdock, C., Halphen, J., Reyes-Ortiz, C., & Burnett, J. (2024). A case and intervention for older adult sexual mistreatment. The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 00912174241276597.https://doi.org/10.1177/00912174241276597
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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Hand, M. D., Lee, M. Y., Kaiser, M. L., Mengo, C., & Dabelko-Schoeny, H. (2024). Sexual Violence against Adults Aged 50 Years and Older and Implications for Prevention: A Thematic Analysis of Service Providers’ Perceptions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(9), 1220. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21091220
Hurwitz, D., Agee, H., Robertson, M., & Colburn, J. L. (2024). The medicare annual wellness visit: an opportunity to improve geriatric knowledge among internal medicine resident physicians. Gerontology & geriatrics education, 45(3), 438-443.https://doi.org/10.1080/02701960.2023.2217775
Agaliotis, M., Morris, T., Katz, I., & Greenfield, D. (2025). Global approaches to older abuse research in institutional care settings: A systematic review. PloS one, 20(3), e0290482. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290482
Harmel, C., Liautard, M., Farrugia, A., Gorgiard, C., Dang, C., Alcaraz, E., ... & Dufayet, L. (2025). Victims of sexual abuse aged 60 and older, an observational study from the Department of Forensic Medicine of Paris, France. Geriatric Nursing, 63, 293-299.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2025.03.047
Patterson, T., Hobbs, L., Brown, E., & Barak, Y. (2025). Sexual assault in older-age adults: criminal justice response in New Zealand. Journal of aging & social policy, 37(3), 496-511. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959420.2023.2284575
Themes:
Extent of the phenomenon* and sexual mistreatment*
Voelker, R. (2025). Screening for Intimate Partner Violence and Caregiver Abuse of Older or Vulnerable Adults. JAMA. doi:10.1001/jama.2025.9546
Gitlitz, T., & Ayalon, L. (2023). The mediating role of self-directed ageism in sexual health among Jewish-Israeli older people. Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.), 54, 341–349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2023.10.006
Themes:
Consequences*, self-ageism and sexual mistreatment*
Pijlman, V., Eichelsheim, V., Pemberton, A., & de Waardt, M. (2023). “Sometimes it seems easier to push it away”: A study into the barriers to help-seeking for victims of sexual violence. Journal of interpersonal violence, 38(11-12), 7530-7555. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605221147064
Themes:
Detection and identification* and sexual mistreatment*
Kane, D., Gill, N., Walshe, J., Fallon, C., Flood, K., & Eogan, M. (2024). Sexual assault of the older person: attendances to the Republic of Ireland's sexual assault treatment unit network. Journal of forensic and legal medicine, 103, 102683. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2024.102683
Themes:
Barriers to help seeking* and sexual mistreatment*