Stoeckle, R. J., & Bane, S. (2020). The National Collaboratory on Elder Mistreatment. Generations, 44(1), 33–37.
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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Storey, J. E. (2020). Risk factors for elder abuse and neglect: A review of the literature. Aggression & Violent Behavior, 50, N.P.
Sudan, A., Shahi, P., & Julka, D. (2020). Prevalence of Abuse in Elders With Psychiatric Morbidity and Its Sociodemographic Association. Cureus, 12(4), e7906.
Themes:
Extent of the phenomenon*
Syme, M. L., & Cohn, T. J. (2020). Elder sexual abuse and implicit agism: examining the warm-incompetent bias among mock jurors. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 32(1), 1–26.
Themes:
Ageism* and sexual mistreatment*
Tarazona-Santabalbina, F. J., Martínez-Velilla, N., Vidán, M. T., & García-Navarro, J. A. (2020). [COVID-19, older adults and ageism: Mistakes that should never happen again]. Revista Espanola de Geriatria y Gerontologia, 55(4), 191–192.
Teaster, P. B., Lindberg, B. W., & Gallo, H. B. (2020). Assessing the Federal Response to Elder Abuse, While the Opioid Crisis Rages On: An overview of how federal agencies and legislation are taking aim at elder abuse, especially abuse related to America’s current opioid crisis. Generations, 43(4), 73–79.
Themes:
Ethical Issues*, intervention* and public policies*
Temple, J. B., Brijnath, B., Enticott, J., Utomo, A., Williams, R., & Kelaher, M. (2020). Discrimination reported by older adults living with mental health conditions: Types, contexts and association with healthcare barriers. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology: The International Journal for Research in Social and Genetic Epidemiology and Mental Health Services.
Themes:
Ageism*, hospital settings* and incapacity and handicap*
Teresi, J. A., Silver, S., Ramirez, M., Kong, J., Eimicke, J. P., Boratgis, G. D., Meador, R., Schultz, L., Lachs, M. S., & Pillemer, K. A. (2020). Resident-to-resident elder mistreatment (R-REM) intervention for direct care staff in assisted living residences: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial. Trials, 21(1), 1–16.
Toygar, I., & Kardakovan, A. (2020). Factors affecting the attitudes of nursing students toward ageism. Nursing Practice Today, 7(1), 38–44.
Themes:
Ageism*
Træen, B., Kvalem, I. L., & Ohnstad, I. (2020). Experiences of Non-consensual Sex of Older Adult Men and Women in Norway, Denmark, Belgium and Portugal. Sexuality & Culture, 24(1), 113–139.