Keller, E., Santos, C., Cusack, D., Väli, M., Ferrara, D., Ludes, B., … Vieira, D. N. (2019). European council of legal medicine (ECLM) guidelines for the examination of suspected elder abuse. International Journal Of Legal Medicine, 133(1), 317–322.
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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Kogan, A. C., Rosen, T., Navarro, A., Homeier, D., Chennapan, K., & Mosqueda, L. (2019). Developing the Geriatric Injury Documentation Tool (Geri-IDT) to Improve Documentation of Physical Findings in Injured Older Adults. Journal Of General Internal Medicine, 34(4), 567–574.
Lytle, A., & Levy, S. R. (2019). Reducing Ageism: Education About Aging and Extended Contact With Older Adults. Gerontologist, 59(3), 580–588
Themes:
Ageism*, research*, training* and validated tools and practice guidelines*
Ocepek-Welikson, K., Ramirez, M., Teresi, J. A., Solomon, J., & Reingold, D. (2019). Methodological approaches to the analyses of elder abuse screening measures: Application of latent variable measurement modeling to the WC-RAPS. Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 31(1), 1–24.
Ramirez, M., Solomon, J., Riquelme, M., Santoro, B., Reingold, D. & Teresi, J. A. (2019). Development and Spanish translation of the Weinberg Center Risk and Abuse Prevention Screen (WC-RAPS). Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 31(1), 38–55.
Rucker, R., Barlow, P. B., Hartshorn, J., Kaufman, L., Smith, B., Kossioni, A., & Marchini, L. (2019). Dual institution validation of an ageism scale for dental students. Special Care in Dentistry, 39(1), 28–33.
Themes:
Ageism* and validated tools and practice guidelines*
Sakar, H., Mahtab, A.-K., Farshad, S., Fahimeh, T., Mirzadeh, F. S., & Hossien, F. (2019). Validation Study: The Iranian Version of Caregiver Abuse Screen (CASE) among Family Caregivers of Elderly with Dementia. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 62(6), 649–662.
Teresi, J. A., Ocepek-Welikson, K., Ramirez, M., Solomon, J. & Reingold, D. (2019). Methodological approaches to the analyses of elder abuse screening measures: Application of latent variable measurement modeling to the WC-RAPS. Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 31(1), 1–24.
Zawisza, K., Galas, A., Tobiasz-Adamczyk, B., & Grodzicki, T. (2019). Validity of a Self-Reported Neglect Scale Among Older Adults in Poland. The Gerontologist.
Yi, Q., Honda, J., & Hohashi, N. (2019). Development and Validity Testing of an Assessment Tool for Domestic Elder Abuse. Nursing Research, 27(2), e12.