Chilatra, J. A. H., Patrician, P. A., Fazeli, P. L., & Pickering, C. E. (2024). Neglect of older adults living with dementia in family caregiving: A dimensional concept analysis. International journal of psychiatry in medicine.https://doi.org/10.1177/00912174241272615
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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Cimino-Fiallos, N. (2024). Elder abuse and neglect: making the diagnosis and devising a treatment plan in the emergency department. Emergency Medicine Practice, 26(9), 1-20. https://europepmc.org/article/med/39173111
Themes:
Hospital settings*, mistreatment in general and neglect*
Folorunsho, S., & Okyere, M. (2025). The impact of neglect, physical, and financial abuse on mental health among older adults: a systematic review. Aging & mental health, 29(4), 567-577. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2024.2436468
Themes:
Financial mistreatment*, intervention*, neglect* and physical mistreatment*
Stodolska, A., Parnicka, A., Tobiasz-Adamczyk, B., & Grodzicki, T. (2024). Defining elder Neglect–a new proposal towards uniformity. Ageing International, 49(4), 872-913. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12126-023-09554-5
Themes:
Neglect*
Aboh, I. K., Offei, F. O. O., Alhassan, A., Akoto-Buabeng, W., & Amoadu, M. (2025). Evidence of neglect of the elderly in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review protocol. BMJ open, 15(5), e087296. https://doi.org/10.1136/
Themes:
Consequences* and neglect*
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
Batista-Malat, E., Gassoumis, Z. D., Wilber, K. H., Olsen, B. J., & Mosqueda, L. (2025). Caregiver characteristics associated with caregiver neglect in persons living with dementia. Aging & Mental Health, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2025.2484356
Themes:
Caregivers*, neglect* and risk factors and vulnerability*
Jesus, J. C., von Humboldt, S., Soares, L., & Leal, I. (2025). Psychological and Social Predictors of Neglect in Older Adults: Insights into Gender and Residential Area Differences. Ageing International, 50(2), 21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12126-025-09594-z
Themes:
Gender*, neglect*, prevention* and risk factors and vulnerability*
Rosen, T., Shaw, A., Elman, A., Baek, D., Gottesman, E., Park, S., ... & Czaja, S. J. (2025). Focusing on caregiver neglect: A novel strategy for mistreatment of older adults screening and intervention. The Gerontologist, 65(2), gnae185.https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnae185
Rosen, T., Shaw, A., Elman, A., Baek, D., Gottesman, E., Park, S., ... & Czaja, S. (2025). Developing a screening tool and intervention strategy for elder neglect in persons with dementia in primary care: protocol to use a multistep process. BMJ open, 15(7), e085172. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085172