Moray, J., & Lichtenberg, P. A. (2025). Cross-validation of the financial exploitation vulnerability scale. Clinical Gerontologist, 48(3), 401-410.https://doi.org/10.1080/07317115.2024.2407581
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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Qi, Y., Xie, Z., Xu, L., Jiang, S., Chen, Y., Wang, Y., ... & Dong, C. (2025). Development and validation of the self-neglect questionnaire for Chinese hospitalized older adults. Geriatric Nursing, 61, 278-286.https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2024.10.073
Rollandi, I., Banerjee, S., Qiu, Y., Fiallo, O., Abramson, T., Berman, J., ... & Sirey, J. A. (2025). Improved outcomes for depressed elder abuse victims with video-delivered psychotherapy during COVID-19. Psychotherapy Research, 35(2), 306-318.https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/105033072023.2292743
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
Wu, H., Lu, Y., Fan, Z., & Zhang, L. (2025). The Chinese Adaptation and Validation of the Adolescents’ Ageism Toward Older Adults Scale. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 100(3), 318-339. https://doi.org/10.1177/00914150241235086
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Ageism and validated tools and practice guidelines*
Loh, D. A., Choo, W. Y., Hairi, N. N., Othman, S., Mohd Hairi, F., Mohd Mydin, F. H., Jaafar, S. N. I., Tan, M. P., Mohd Ali, Z., Abdul Aziz, S., Ramli, R., Mohamad, R., Lal Mohammad, Z., Hassan, N., Brownell, P., & Bulgiba, A. (2015). A cluster randomized trial on improving nurses’ detection and management of elder abuse and neglect (I- NEED): study protocol. Journal of Advanced Nursing (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.), 71(11), 2661–2672.
Baek, D., Elman, A., Gottesman, E., Shaw, A., Makaroun, L. K., Stern, M. E., Mulcare, M. R., Sullivan, M., Pino, C., McAuley, J., LoFaso, V. M., Chang, E. S., Hancock, D., Bloemen, E. M., Tietz, S., Lindberg, D. M., Sharma, R., Clark, S., Lachs, M. S., Pillemer, K., … Rosen, T. (2023). Initial steps in addressing the challenges of elder mistreatment evaluation: Protocol for evaluating the Vulnerable Elder Protection Team. BMJ open, 13(10), e071694. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-071694
Bajpai, N., Kulshreshtha, K., Dubey, P., & Sharma, G. (2023). Travesty of life elders abuse an inquiry of physical and psychological abuse. Ageing International, 48(2), 413-437. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12126-021-09479-x
Hancock, D. W., Burnes, D. P., Pillemer, K. A., Czaja, S. J., & Lachs, M. S. (2023). Psychometric properties of the Five-Item Victimization of Exploitation (FIVE) Scale: A measure of financial abuse of older adults. The Gerontologist, 63(6), 993-999. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnac048
Mohd Mydin, F. H., Mikton, C., Choo, W. Y., Shanmugam, R. H., Murray, A., Yon, Y., Mohd Yunus, R., Hairi, N. N., Mohd Hairi, F., Beaulieu, M., & Phelan, A. (2023). PROTOCOL: Psychometric properties of instruments for measuring elder abuse and neglect in community and institutional settings: A systematic review. Campbell systematic reviews, 19(3), e1342. https://doi.org/10.1002/cl2.1342