Geneviève, L. D., Wangmo, T., Seaward, H., Bouchlaghem, M. A., Blacker, S., & Pageau, F. (2025). ARIE: A health equity framework for public health interventions informed by critical race theory and critical gerontology. The American Journal of Bioethics, 25(6), 95-110.https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2024.2433419
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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Wang, J., Yang, Z., Li, Y., Ma, R., Zhang, L., Du, Y., & Dou, H. (2023). Status and influencing factors of elder neglect by geriatric nursing assistants in Chinese nursing homes: a cross-sectional survey. Frontiers in Medicine, 10, 1273289.
Themes:
Institution*, neglect* and risk factors and vulnerability*
de Lacerda, T. T. B., Assis, M. G., de Carvalho, P. F., & Pereira, L. S. M. (2023). Did managers of long-term care facilities neglect the functionality of older adults? A survey during the COVID-19 pandemic. American journal of infection control, 51(12), 1350–1355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2023.05.001
Themes:
COVID-19*, institution*, neglect* and social participation*
Kronick, R., & Wilder, T. L. (2023). How Ageism and Ableism Intersect with Gender Bias in Medicine. Generations, 47(1), 1-10.
Themes:
Ageism, mistreatment in general and neglect*
Ning, N., Peng, C., Qi, M., Li, X., & Sun, M. (2023). 'Nobody comes to help us': lived experiences and needs of older adults who lost their only child in China. International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being, 18(1), 2153424. https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2022.2153424
Themes:
Consequences*, neglect* and risk factors and vulnerability*
Stodolska, A., Zawisza, K., Wizner, B., Tobiasz-Adamczyk, B., & Grodzicki, T. (2023). Neglect and self-rated health among older adults - a cross-sectional study in Poland. Folia medica Cracoviensia, 63(2), 5–28. https://doi.org/10.24425/fmc.2023.145910
Themes:
Gender*, neglect* and risk factors and vulnerability*
Avieli, H., & Band-Winterstein, T. (2024). The multiple punishment of being an older adult coping with health problems in prison. The Gerontologist, 64(1), gnad030.
Themes:
Consequences* and neglect*
Lund, S. B., Malmedal, W. K., Mosqueda, L., & Skolbekken, J. A. (2024). "Just pee in the diaper" - a constructivist grounded theory study of moral distress enabling neglect in nursing homes. BMC geriatrics, 24(1), 366. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-024-04920-7
Themes:
Institution* and neglect*
Nozarpour, J., Fallahi-Khoshknab, M., Arsalani, N., Norouzi, K., & Ahmadi, F. (2024). The elderly, COVID-19, and violence: A qualitative content analysis. Journal of family medicine and primary care, 13(5), 1653–1659. https://doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_299_23
Themes:
COVID-19*, fear of crime and feeling of safety* and neglect*
Yan, C., Wang, C., Ding, X., Sun, L., Gao, W., & Liu, D. (2024). Profiles in neglect of older adult care workers in a long-term care facility: a latent profile analysis. Frontiers in public health, 12, 1320896. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1320896