Weissberger, G. H., & Bergman, Y. S. (2024). Reflective Functioning and Financial Exploitation Vulnerability in Older Adults: The Importance of Significant Others. Clinical gerontologist, 1–10. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/07317115.2024.2320921
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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Weissberger, G., & Bergman, Y. S. (2024). Subjective age and financial exploitation vulnerability: The mediating role of financial self-efficacy. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 67(2), 230-241. https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2023.2246159
Themes:
Financial mistreatment*
Weissberger, G., Bergman, Y. S., & Shrira, A. (2023). The Association between Ageist Attitudes, Subjective Age, and Financial Exploitation Vulnerability Among Older Adults. Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society, 42(6), 1267–1273. https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648221132130
Weldrick, R., & Canham, S. L. (2024). Intersections of ageism and homelessness among older adults: Implications for policy, practice, and research. The Gerontologist, 64(5), gnad088.
Themes:
Ageism and caregivers*
Werner, P., & AboJabel, H. (2023). The Conceptual and Methodological Characteristics of Ageism During COVID-19: A Scoping Review of Empirical Studies. The Gerontologist, 63(9), 1526–1535. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnac118
Themes:
Ageism, consequences* and covid-19*
Whiteman, P. J., Macias-Konstantopoulos, W. L., Relan, P., Knopov, A., Ranney, M. L., & Riviello, R. J. (2023). Violence and abuse: A pandemic within a pandemic. Western journal of emergency medicine, 24(4), 743. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3nx235pb
Themes:
Consequences* and mistreatment in general
Wu, H., Lu, Y., Fan, Z., & Zhang, L. (2024). The Chinese Adaptation and Validation of the Adolescents' Ageism Toward Older Adults Scale. International journal of aging & human development, 914150241235086. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00914150241235086
Themes:
Ageism, intervention* and validated tools and practice guidelines*
Wu, L., Huang, Y., Gao, Y., Chen, Q., & McLaren, H. (2023). Domestic violence survivors who became anti-domestic violence volunteers: A qualitative study in China. The British Journal of Social Work, 53(4), 2157-2175.
Themes:
Help-Seeking* and intimate partner violence*
Wyman, J., & Malloy, L. (2024). Increasing disclosures of older adult maltreatment: a review of best practices for interviewing older adult eyewitnesses and victims. Psychiatry, psychology and law, 31(2), 274-292. https://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2023.2192260
Themes:
Mistreatment in general
Xu, W., Gao, C., Chen, M., Zhang, Y., Zhang, M., Lu, Z., & Yang, Y. (2023). Prevalence and predictors in self-neglect: A cross-sectional study of domestic migrant older adults in China. Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.), 50, 158–164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2023.01.013