Vale, M. T., Bisconti, T. L., & Sublett, J. F. (2020). Benevolent ageism: Attitudes of overaccommodative behavior toward older women. The Journal of Social Psychology, 160(5), 548–558.
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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Välimäki, T., Mäki-Petäjä-Leinonen, A., & Vaismoradi, M. (2020). Abuse in the caregiving relationship between older people with memory disorders and family caregivers: A systematic review. Journal of Advanced Nursing.
Themes:
Caregivers* and systematic review and meta analysis*
Van Royen, K., Van Royen, P., De Donder, L., & Gobbens, R. J. (2020). Elder Abuse Assessment Tools and Interventions for use in the Home Environment: a Scoping Review. Clinical Interventions in Aging, 15, 1793–1807.
Van Wicklin, S. A. (2020). Ageism in Nursing. Plastic Surgical Nursing: Official Journal Of The American Society Of Plastic And Reconstructive Surgical Nurses, 40(1), 20–24.
Themes:
Ageism* and explanatory theories and approaches*
Ventura, F., Caputo, F., Micera, C., & Molinelli, A. (2020). Elder abuse: a retrospective analysis of autopsy cases from the department of legal medicine in Genoa from 2006 to 2017. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 1–11.
Themes:
Hospital settings*
von Humboldt, S., Ribeiro-Gonçalves, J. A., & Leal, I. (2020). Bullying in Old Age: A Qualitative Study on Older Adults’ Perceptions About Being Bullied. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 886260520943709.
Themes:
Bullying*
Wang, B., Hoover, D. R., Beck, T., & Dong, X. (2020). A Vulnerability Risk Index of Self‐Neglect in a Community‐Dwelling Older Population. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 68(4), 809–816.
Wang, B., Hua, Y., & Dong, X. (2020). Development and validation of a predictive index of elder self-neglect risk among a Chinese population. Aging & Mental Health, 1–8.
Weissberger, G. H., Goodman, M. C., Mosqueda, L., Schoen, J., Nguyen, A. L., Wilber, K. H., Gassoumis, Z. D., Nguyen, C. P., & Han, S. D. (2020). Elder Abuse Characteristics Based on Calls to the National Center on Elder Abuse Resource Line. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 39(10), 1078–1087.
Themes:
Extent of the phenomenon*
Weissberger, G. H., Mosqueda, L., Nguyen, A. L., Samek, A., Boyle, P. A., Nguyen, C. P., & Han, S. D. (2020). Physical and mental health correlates of perceived financial exploitation in older adults: Preliminary findings from the Finance, Cognition, and Health in Elders Study (FINCHES). Aging & Mental Health, 24(5), 740–746.
Themes:
Consequences* and financial mistreatment*