Saif, U. K., Mamun, R., Eriksson, E., He, Y., & Hirakawa, Y. (2021). Discrimination against the elderly in health‐care services: A systematic review. Psychogeriatrics.
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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Patel, K., Bunachita, S., Chiu, H., Suresh, P., & Patel, U. K. (2021). Elder Abuse: A Comprehensive Overview and Physician-Associated Challenges. Cureus, 13(4), e14375.
Pan, J., Wang, P., & Wang, Y. (2021). Expanding role of nurses in management of dementia in geriatrics: Improving well-being of geriatric patients through quality nursing care. Psychology, Health & Medicine.
Themes:
Hospital settings*, incapacity and handicap* and wellness care*
Oveisi, S., Stein, L., Olfati, F., & Jahed, S. (2021). Program development using intervention mapping in primary healthcare settings to address elder abuse: A randomized controlled pilot study. Brain and Behavior, 11(6), e02153.
Themes:
Hospital settings*, intervention* and research*
Mohd Mydin, F. H., Othman, S., Choo, W. Y., Hairi, N. N. M., Hairi, F. M., Syed Karim, S. N., Tan, M. P., Ali, Z., Abdul Aziz, S., Mohd, R., Mohamad, R., Ramli, R., & Awaludin, L. R. (2021). Supporting family doctors to address elder abuse: a quasi-experimental study in Malaysia. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 33(2), 151–167.
Themes:
Detection and identification*, hospital settings* and intervention*
Levy, B. R., Provolo, N., Chang, E., & Slade, M. D. (2021). RESEARCH Negative Age Stereotypes Associated with Older Persons’ Rejection of COVID‐19 Hospitalization. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 69(2), 317–318.
Themes:
Ageism*, covid-19* and hospital settings*
Cimino-Fiallos, N., & Rosen, T. (2021). Elder Abuse-A Guide to Diagnosis and Management in the Emergency Department. Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 39(2), 405–417.
Yaffe, M. (2020). Can a positive doctor-patient relationship contribute to risk of elder abuse? Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 32(4), 385–387.
Themes:
Hospital settings* and wellness care*
Du Mont, J., Kosa, S. D., Kia, H., Spencer, C., Yaffe, M., & Macdonald, S. (2020). Development and evaluation of a social inclusion framework for a comprehensive hospital-based elder abuse intervention. PloS One, 15(6), e0234195.
Themes:
Hospital settings* and intervention*
Kaplan Serin, E., & Tülüce, D. (2020). Determining nursing students’ attitudes and empathic tendencies regarding aged discrimination. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care.
Themes:
Ageism*, hospital settings* and training*