Benbow, B. (2016). Environmental interventions to mitigate resident-to-resident aggression. Canadian Nursing Home, 27(2), 4 11.
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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Bhatia, M. S., Srivastava, S., Khyati, M. & Kaushik, R. (2016). Prevalence of Abuse in Mentally Ill Patients Visiting Outpatient Setting in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India. Medicine, Science & the Law, 56(2), 91-98.
Themes:
Extent of the phenomenon* and incapacity and handicap*
Boye, F. & Yan, E. (2016). Abuse of older persons with dementia a review of the literature. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 1-21.
Themes:
Risk factors and vulnerability*
Browne, K. D., Hines, M. & Tully, R. (2016). The differences between sex offenders who victimise older women and sex offenders who offend against children. Aging and Mental Health, 1-8.
Themes:
Gender* and sexual mistreatment*
Burnes, D. (2016). Community elder mistreatment intervention with capable older adults: Toward a conceptual practice model. The Gerontologist, 57(3), 409-416.
Burnes, D., K. Pillemer, K. & Lachs, M.S. (2016). Elder Abuse Severity: A critical but understudied dimension of victimization for clinicians and researchers. The Gerontologist, 0(0), 1-12.
Themes:
Risk factors and vulnerability*
Burnes, D., Rizzo, V. M., Gorroochurn, P., Pollack, M. H. & Lachs, M. S. (2016). Understanding Service Utilization in Cases of Elder Abuse to Inform Best Practices. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 35(10), 1036-1057.
Themes:
Best practices*
Burnett, J., Jackson, S.L., Sinha, A.K., Aschenbrenner, A.R., Murphy, K.P., Xia, R, & Diamond, P.M. (2016). Five-year all-cause mortality rates across five categories of substantiated elder abuse occurring in the community. Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 28(2), 59-75.
Themes:
Risk factors and vulnerability*
Butler, L. & Manthorpe, J. (2016). Putting People at the Centre: Facilitating Making Safeguarding Personal Approaches in the Context of the Care Act 2014. Journal of Adult Protection, 18(4), 204-213.
Themes:
Intervention* and risk factors and vulnerability*
Cannell, M. B., Jetelina, K. K., Zavadsky, M. & Gonzalez, J. R. (2016). Towards the Development of a Screening Tool to Enhance the Detection of Elder Abuse and Neglect by Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) : A Qualitative Study. BMC Emergency Medicine, 16(19), 1-10.