Teasdale-Dubé, A., Viau-Quesnel, C., & Lapierre, S. (2024). Suicidal ideation in canadian family caregivers for a person with dementia: a portrait of the situation. Canadian Journal on Aging/La Revue canadienne du vieillissement, 43(3), 438-445. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0714980824000011
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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Botngård, A., Eide, A. H., Mosqueda, L., Blekken, L., & Malmedal, W. (2024). Relative-to-resident abuse in Norwegian nursing homes: a cross-sectional exploratory study. BMC geriatrics, 24(1), 912.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-024-05513-0
Browning, W. R., Yildiz, M., Hernandez Chilatra, J. A., Yefimova, M., Maxwell, C. D., Sullivan, T. P., ... & Pickering, C. E. (2024). Mechanisms underlying the use of abusive and neglectful behaviors in dementia caregiving: The role of caregiver mental health. Research in Gerontological Nursing, 17(5), 227-236. https://doi.org/10.3928/19404921-20240808-01
Browning, W. R., Yildiz, M., Maxwell, C. D., Sullivan, T. P., Yefimova, M., Hernandez Chilatra, J. A., & Pickering, C. E. (2024). Patterns of family conflict and accusations of abuse in dementia family caregivers: a latent class analysis. The Gerontologist, 64(10), gnae108. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnae108
Chilatra, J. A. H., Patrician, P. A., Fazeli, P. L., & Pickering, C. E. (2024). Neglect of older adults living with dementia in family caregiving: A dimensional concept analysis. International journal of psychiatry in medicine.https://doi.org/10.1177/00912174241272615
Mehra, A., Agarwal, A., Bashar, M., Avasthi, A., Chakravarty, R., & Grover, S. (2024). Prevalence of loneliness in older adults in rural population and its association with depression and caregiver abuse. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 46(6), 564-569.https://doi.org/10.1177/02537176241231060
Pickering, C. E., Weiss, N., Yildiz, M., & Sullivan, T. (2024). Self-compassion and emotion dysregulation mediate the effect of stress appraisals on elder abuse and neglect behaviors in dementia family caregiving. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 79(10), gbae138. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbae138
Wei, W., Balser, S., Nguyen, A. W., & Qin, W. (2024). Elder abuse in older adults with dementia: protective factors and adverse effects. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 25(5), 3827-3842. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380241265379
Themes:
Caregivers*, consequences* and mistreatment in general
Batista-Malat, E., Gassoumis, Z. D., Wilber, K. H., Olsen, B. J., & Mosqueda, L. (2025). Caregiver characteristics associated with caregiver neglect in persons living with dementia. Aging & Mental Health, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2025.2484356
Themes:
Caregivers*, neglect* and risk factors and vulnerability*
Fang, B., Zhou, Y., Yan, E., & Zhang, L. (2025). Impact of caregiving stressors on elder abuse—examining the mediating role of caregiver coping strategies. Aging & Mental Health, 29(5), 854-864. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2024.2421318
Themes:
Caregivers* and mistreatment in general