Tang, F., Jin, G., Da, W., Zhu, Y., & Jiang, Y. (2025). Elder mistreatment and cognitive functioning among Chinese older adults in the US. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 37(1), 50-59.https://doi.org/10.1080/08946566.2024.2413498
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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Shen, Y., Sun, F., Feng, Y., Lichtenberg, P. A., & Meng, H. (2025). Prevalence of Elder Abuse and Neglect of Persons with Dementia in Community Settings: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Gerontology, 71(5), 400-416. https://doi.org/10.1159/000543804
Ku, L. J. E., Huang, S. C., Liao, Y. H., Kang, H. Y., & Chung, C. A. (2025). Exploring financial abuse involving people with dementia: an empirical legal study of nation-wide court rulings over a decade in Taiwan. Ageing & Society, 45(3), 535-551.https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X23000533
Farrié, A. J. (2025). Santé mentale et cognitive des minorités sexuelles âgées: impact des facteurs de stress et de protection. NPG Neurologie-Psychiatrie-Gériatrie, 25(145), 2-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.npg.2024.09.001
Themes:
LGBTQ+ and neuro-cognitive disorders
Chokkanathan, S., & Mohanty, J. (2025). Elder Abuse During COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 07334648251313889. https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648251313889
Canell, A. E., Caskie, G. I., & Kirby, M. E. (2025). Caregiving for Older Adults During Emerging Adulthood: The Relationship Between Caregiver Identity and Caregiver Distress. The Gerontologist, 65(6), gnaf133. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnaf133
Chang, H., Ahn, J., & Do, Y. (2024). Nursing undergraduates' ageism and attitudes toward dementia: Serial multiple mediating effects of person-centered care and compassion - A cross-sectional survey. Heliyon, 10(9), e29941. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e29941
Themes:
Ageism and neuro-cognitive disorders
Bruneau, M.-A., Pépin, M.-É., Bergman, H. & Couturier, Y. (2023). Améliorer la qualité de la prise en charge des sujets présentant des symptômes comportementaux et psychologiques de la démence au Québec. Santé mentale au Québec, 48(2), 229–255. https://doi.org/10.7202/1109840ar
Themes:
Mistreatment in general and neuro-cognitive disorders
Baril, A., & Silverman, M. (2024). "We're still alive, much to everyone's surprise": The experience of trans older adults living with dementia in an ageist, cisgenderist, and cogniticist society. Journal of aging studies, 68, 101208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2024.101208
Themes:
Ageism, lgbtq+ and neuro-cognitive disorders
Caskie, G. I. L., Bashian, H. M., & Voelkner, A. R. (2024). Effects of Alzheimer's Diagnosis and Gender on Ageist Attitudes, Aging Anxiety, and Emotional Reactions to Older Adults. The Gerontologist, 64(4), gnad093. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnad093