Elman, A., Cox, S., Gottesman, E., Herman, S., Kirshner, A., Tietz, S., ... & Rosen, T. (2024). The critical role of the specialized social worker as part of ED/hospital-based elder mistreatment response teams. Journal of elder abuse & neglect, 36(4), 384-394.https://doi.org/10.1080/08946566.2023.2255742
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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Erdoğan, E., & Bilkay, H. İ. (2025). Elderly abuse and neglect in digital media: a 1‐year review of Turkish newspaper reports. Psychogeriatrics, 25(2), e70005. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyg.70005
Themes:
Medias* and mistreatment in general
Esmail Pour, K., Abolghasemi, A., & Shakerinia, I. (2024). The Effectiveness of Mindful Self-Compassion Intervention on Cognitive Ability in Abused Older Adults. Aging Psychology, 10(3), 282-263. https://doi.org/10.22126/jap.2024.10521.1771
Themes:
Intervention* and mistreatment in general
Fadeeva, A., Hashemi, L., Cooper, C., Stewart, R., & McManus, S. (2024). Violence against older people and associations with mental health: A national probability sample survey of the general population in England. Journal of affective disorders, 363, 1-7.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.07.073
Fang, B., Zhou, Y., Yan, E., & Zhang, L. (2025). Impact of caregiving stressors on elder abuse—examining the mediating role of caregiver coping strategies. Aging & Mental Health, 29(5), 854-864. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2024.2421318
Themes:
Caregivers* and mistreatment in general
Farrié, A. J. (2025). Santé mentale et cognitive des minorités sexuelles âgées: impact des facteurs de stress et de protection. NPG Neurologie-Psychiatrie-Gériatrie, 25(145), 2-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.npg.2024.09.001
Themes:
LGBTQ+ and neuro-cognitive disorders
Felipe-Dimog, E. B., Garcia, A. P., Liang, F. W., Silao, C. L. T., Hsu, M. T., & Saragih, I. D. (2024). Caring behavior of Filipinos toward their elderly family members. Acta Medica Philippina, 58(15), 6. https://doi.org/10.47895/amp.vi0.6880
Themes:
Mistreatment in general
Feltner, C., Peat, C., Asher, G. N., Wright, S., Vaughan, J., Middleton, J. C., & Jonas, D. E. (2025). Screening for intimate partner violence and for caregiver abuse of older or vulnerable adults: an evidence report and systematic review for the US Preventive Services Task Force. JAMA. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jama.2025.2449?utm_campaign=articlePDF%26utm_medium=articlePDFlink%26utm_source=articlePDF%26utm_content=jama.2025.2449
Fenton, L., Salminen, L. E., Lim, A. C., Weissberger, G. H., Nguyen, A. L., Axelrod, J., ... & Han, S. D. (2024). Lower entorhinal cortex thickness is associated with greater financial exploitation vulnerability in cognitively unimpaired older adults. Cerebral Cortex, 34(9), bhae360.https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhae360
Themes:
Financial mistreatment*
Fhon, J. R. S., Bello-Vidal, C. O., Villanueva-Benites, M. E., Arpasi-Quispe, O., Leitón-Espinoza, Z. E., & Capa-Luque, W. (2024). Cross-cultural and psychometric validation of the Fraboni scale of ageism in Peruvian nursing students. Nursing Practice Today. https://doi.org/10.18502/npt.v11i4.16816
Themes:
Ageism and validated tools and practice guidelines*