Cooper, C. & Livingston, G. (2016). Intervening to Reduce Elder Abuse: Challenges for Research. Age & Ageing, 45(2), 184-185.
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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Jackson, S. L. & Hafemeister, T.L. (2016). Theory-based models enhancing the understanding of four types of elder maltreatment. International Review of Victimology, 22(3), 289-320.
Lien, C., Rosen, T., Bloemen, E. M., Abrams, R. C., Pavlou, M. & Lachs, M. S. (2016). Narratives of Self-Neglect: Patterns of Traumatic Personal Experiences and Maladaptive Behaviors in Cognitively Intact Older Adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 64(11), e195-e200.
Mysyuk, Y., Westendorp, R. G. J. & Lindenberg, J. (2016). How Older Persons Explain Why They Became Victims of Abuse. Age and Ageing, 45(5), 696-702.
Mysyuk, Y., R. Westendorp, G.J. & Lindenberg, J. (2016). Older persons' definitions and explanations of elder abuse in the Netherlands. Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 28(2), 95-113.
Miszkurka, M., Steensma, C. & Phillips, S. P. (2016). Correlates of partner and family violence among older Canadians: a life-course approach. Health Promotion And Chronic Disease Prevention In Canada: Research, Policy And Practice, 36(3), 45-53.
Band-Winterstein, T. (2015). Aging in the Shadow of Violence : A Phenomenological Conceptual Framework for Understanding Elderly Women Who Experienced Lifelong IPV. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 27, 303-327.
Chane, S. &. Adamek, M.E. (2015). Death is better than misery: Elders' accounts of abuse and neglect in Ethiopia. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 82(1): 54-78.
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Beaulieu, M., Crevier, M., D’Amours, M. & Diaz, L. (2015). Financial Exploitation of Older Women: A Case Analysis Using the Struggle for Recognition Theory. Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 27(4/5), 489-499.
Lessard, G., Montminy, L., Lesieux, É., Flynn, C., Roy, V., Gauthier, S. & Fortin, A. (2015). Les violences conjugales, familiales et structurelles : vers une perspective intégrative des savoirs. Enfances, Familles, Générations, 22, 1-26.