Gagnon, S., Nadeau, A., Tanguay, K., Archambault, P. M., Brousseau, A. A., Carmichael, P. H., Emond, M., Deshaies, J. F., Benhamed, A., Blanchard, P. G., Mowbray, F. I., & Mercier, E. (2023). Prevalence and predictors of elder abuse among older adults attending emergency departments: a prospective cohort study. CJEM, 25(12), 953–958. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43678-023-00600-4
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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Giraldo-Rodríguez, L., & Agudelo-Botero, M. (2022). Barriers to managing elder abuse in primary care services: experiences of healthcare providers in Mexico City. Journal of elder abuse & neglect, 34(1), 38–55. https://doi.org/10.1080/08946566.2021.2016534
Themes:
Hospital settings* and mistreatment in general
Elliott, M. N., Beckett, M. K., Cohea, C., Lehrman, W. G., Russ, C., Cleary, P. D., Giordano, L. A., Goldstein, E., & Saliba, D. (2022). The hospital care experiences of older patients compared to younger patients. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 70(12), 3570–3577. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.18003
Themes:
Ageism* and hospital settings*
Rosen, T., Zhang, H., Wen, K., Clark, S., Elman, A., Jeng, P., Baek, D., Zhang, Y., Gassoumis, Z., Fettig, N., Pillemer, K., Lachs, M. S., & Bao, Y. (2023). Emergency Department and Hospital Utilization Among Older Adults Before and After Identification of Elder Mistreatment. JAMA network open, 6(2), e2255853. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.55853
Themes:
Hospital settings* and mistreatment in general
Huggins, C., Modeste-James, A., & Rouse, J. (2021). Primary care physicians’ identifying abuse of older adults in the small island state of Trinidad and Tobago. Journal of Adult Protection, 23(1), 20–31.
Themes:
Detection and identification*, hospital settings* and prevention*
Milner, J. D., Hartnett, D. A., DeFroda, S. F., Blackburn, A. Z., Cruz, A. I., Jr, & Daniels, A. H. (2021). Orthopedic Manifestations of Abuse. The American Journal of Medicine, 134(3), 306–309.
Themes:
Detection and identification* and hospital settings*
Rosen, T., Bao, Y., Zhang, Y., Clark, S., Wen, K., Elman, A., Jeng, P., Bloemen, E., Lindberg, D., Krugman, R., Campbell, J., Bachman, R., Fulmer, T., Pillemer, K., & Lachs, M. (2021). Identifying patterns of health care utilisation among physical elder abuse victims using Medicare data and legally adjudicated cases: protocol for case-control study using data linkage and machine learning. BMJ Open, 11(2), e044768.
Themes:
Detection and identification* and hospital settings*
Sanches Alarcon, M. F., Garcia Damaceno, D., Carvalho Cardoso, B., Doretto Braccialli, L. A., Yoneda Sponchiado, V. B., & Sanches Marin, M. J. (2021). Elder abuse: actions and suggestions by Primary Health Care professionals. Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 74, 1–8.
Themes:
Hospital settings* and intervention*
Mehri, S., Hosseini, M. A., Fallahi-Khoshknab, M., Akbari Zardkhaneh, S., & Mohammadi Shahbelaghi, F. (2020). Clarification of ageism in the care system. Iranian Journal of Ageing, 15(1), 14–27.
Themes:
Ageism* and hospital settings*
Malmedal, W., & Anyan, C. (2020). Elder abuse in Ghana – a qualitative exploratory study. Journal of Adult Protection, 22(5), 299–313.
Themes:
Hospital settings* and intercultural*