Pak, M. (2020). The prevalence and associated risk factors of elder abuse among older people applied to the family health center in the rural district of turkey. Social Work in Health Care.
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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Park, C. (2020). Violence toward older adults in the forms of ageism and sexual offense presented in an old lady: A film review. Journal of Gerontological Social Work.
Themes:
Ageism*, medias* and sexual mistreatment*
Payne, B. K. (2020). Criminals work from home during pandemics too: A public health approach to respond to fraud and crimes against those 50 and above. American Journal of Criminal Justice.
Themes:
COVID-19* and financial mistreatment*
Petruy, E., & Dalin, H. (2020). The Future of Elder Justice: A Perspective from the Administration for Community Living. Generations, 44(1), 98–100.
Piccoli, M., Tannou, T., Hernandorena, I., & Koeberle, S. (2020). Ethical approach to the issue of confinement of the elderly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: Prevention of frailty versus risk of vulnerability. Ethics, Medicine, and Public Health, 14, 100539.
Themes:
Ageism*, covid-19* and ethical issues*
Pickering, C. E. Z., Yefimova, M., Maxwell, C., Puga, F., & Sullivan, T. (2020). Daily Context for Abusive and Neglectful Behavior in Family Caregiving for Dementia. Gerontologist, 60(3), 483–493.
Themes:
Caregivers*, neglect* and risk factors and vulnerability*
Piña-Escudero, S. D., Chodos, A., Weinstein, C. A., Allen, I. E., Ávila-Funes, J. A., & Ritchie, C. (2020). Subjective cognitive decline and elder mistreatment in Mexican community-dwelling older adults. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 92, 104242.
Themes:
Community dwelling* and incapacity and handicap*
Piquero, A. R., Riddell, J. R., Bishopp, S. A., Narvey, C., Reid, J. A., & Piquero, N. L. (2020). Staying home, staying safe? A short-term analysis of covid-19 on dallas domestic violence. American Journal of Criminal Justice.
Themes:
COVID-19* and family violence*
Platts-Mills, T. F., Sivers-Teixeira, T., Encarnacion, A., Tanksley, B., & Olsen, B. (2020). EM-SART: A Scalable Elder Mistreatment Screening and Response Tool for Emergency Departments. Generations, 44(1), 51–58.
Previtali, F., Allen, L. D., & Varlamova, M. (2020). Not Only Virus Spread: The Diffusion of Ageism during the Outbreak of COVID-19. Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 32(4/5), 506–514.