Asiamah, N., Kouveliotis, K., Eduafo, R., & Borkey, R. (2020). Psychometric Properties of a New Scale Measuring Neglect and Abuse of Older Adults in the Community: Implications for Social Activity. International Quarterly of Community Health Education, 272684X20915384.
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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Cannell, B., Weitlauf, J., Livingston, M. D., Burnett, J., Parayil, M., & Reingle Gonzalez, J. (2020). Validation of the detection of elder abuse through emergency care technicians (DETECT) screening tool: a study protocol. BMJ Open, 10(9), e037170.
Wang, B., Hua, Y., & Dong, X. (2020). Development and validation of a predictive index of elder self-neglect risk among a Chinese population. Aging & Mental Health, 1–8.
Van Royen, K., Van Royen, P., De Donder, L., & Gobbens, R. J. (2020). Elder Abuse Assessment Tools and Interventions for use in the Home Environment: a Scoping Review. Clinical Interventions in Aging, 15, 1793–1807.
Khan, A., Adil, A., Ameer, S., & Shujja, S. (2020). Caregiver abuse screen for older adults: Urdu translation, validation, factorial equivalence, and measurement invariance. Current Psychology: A Journal for Diverse Perspectives on Diverse Psychological Issues.
Themes:
Caregivers* and validated tools and practice guidelines*
Ballard, S. A., Yaffe, M. J., August, L., Cetin-Sahin, D., & Wilchesky, M. (2019). Adapting the Elder Abuse Suspicion Index© for Use in Long-Term Care: A Mixed-Methods Approach. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 38(10), 1472–1491.
Abrams, R. C., Ansell, P., Breckman, R., Karlawish, J., Lachs, M., Holt-Knight, D., … LoFaso, V. (2019). The Interview for Decisional Abilities (IDA): a tool to assess the decisional capacity of abused and neglected older adults. Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 31(3), 244–254.
Borsky, A. E., & Zhang, E. (2019). Screening for Intimate Partner Violence, Elder Abuse, and Abuse of Vulnerable Adults. American Family Physician, 99(10), 649–650.
Campbell, R. J., Gross, E. & Lichtenberg, P. A. (2019). Cross-validation of the screening scale in an adult protective services sample. Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 31(1), 25–37.
Campbell, R. C., Lichtenberg, P. A., Hall, L. N., Teresi, J. A. & Ocepek-Welikson, K. (2019). Assessment of financial decision making: an informant scale. Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 31(2), 115–128.