Spencer, C. (2010). Environmental scan and critical analysis of elder abuse screening, assessment and intervention tools for Canadian health-care providers. Division of Aging and Seniors, Public Health Agency of Canada, under the Federal Elder Abuse Initiative. Ottawa, Ontario, 131 p.
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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Wiglesworth, A., Mosqueda, L., Mulnard, R., Liao, S., Gibbs, L. & Fitzgerald, W. (2010). Screening for abuse and neglect of people with dementia. Journal of American Geriatrics Society, 58(3), 493-500.
Anthony, E.K., Lehning, A.J., Austin, M.J. & Peck, M.D. (2009). Assessing elder mistreatment: Instrument development and implications for adults protective services. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 52(8), 815-836.
Yaffe, M.J., Wolfson, C., Lithwick, M. & Weiss, D. (2008). Development and validation of a tool to improve physician identification of elder abuse: the elder abuse suspicion index (EASI). Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 20(3), 276-300.
Erlingsson, C. L. (2007). Searching for Elder Abuse: A Systematic Review of Database Citations. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 19, 59-78.
Bergeron, C., Beaulieu, M., Dubé, M. & Cousineau M.-M. (2006). Groupes de discussion focalisés d’aînés dans la validation d’un outil traitant des inquiétudes face au crime. Intervention, 124, 25-32.
Dubois, MF., Bravo, G. & M. Charpentier (2001). Which residential care facilities are delivering inadequate care? A simple case-finding questionnaire. Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement, 20(3), 339-355.
Reis, M. (2000). The IOA Screen: an abuse-alert measure that dispels myths. Generations, 24(11), 13-16.
Reis, M. & Nahmiash, D. (1998). Validation of the indicators of abuse (IOA) screen. The Gerontologist, 38(4), 471-480.
Bravo, G., Girouard, D., Gosselin, S., Archambault, C. & Dubois, M.-F. (1995). Further validation of the QUALCARE scale. Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 7(4), 29-48.