Mercier, É., Nadeau, A., Brousseau, A.-A., Émond, M., Lowthian, J., Berthelot, S., Costa, A. P., Mowbray, F., Melady, D., Yadav, K., Nickel, C., & Cameron, P. A. (2020). Elder Abuse in the Out-of-Hospital and Emergency Department Settings: A Scoping Review. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 75(2), 181–191.
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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Moulias, R., Monfort, J.-C., Beaulieu, M., Simon-Marzais, M.; Isern-Real, Poch, B., M.-H.; Pepin, M., Cadilhac, J.-C., Marinent, E. & Moulias, S.(2020) Pratiques professionnelles inappropriées et maltraitances. Neurologie, Psychiatrie, Gériatrie, 20. 112-123.
Themes:
Intervention*
Nobels, A., Vandeviver, C., Beaulieu, M., Cismaru-Inescu, A., Nisen, L., Van Den Noortgate, N., … Keygnaert, I. (2020). “Too grey to be true?” Sexual violence in older adults : a critical interpretive synthesis of evidence. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17(11). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17114117
Themes:
Research* and sexual mistreatment*
Nobels, A., Vandeviver, C., Beaulieu, M., Inescu, A., Nisen, L., Van Den Noortgate, N., Vander Beken, T., Lemmens, G., & Keygnaert, I. (2020). Prevalence and nature of sexual violence in older adults in Europe - A critical interpretive synthesis. European Journal of Public Health.
Themes:
Extent of the phenomenon* and sexual mistreatment*
Sasseville, N. et al. (2020). Cumulative contexts of vulnerability to intimate partner violence among women with disabilities, elderly women, and immigrant women: Prevalence, risk factors, explanatory theories, and prevention. Trauma, violence and abuse, 23(1), 88-100.
Themes:
Intimate partner violence*
Taha, S., Blanchet Garneau, A. et Bernard, L. (2020). Une revue de la portée sur la pratique infirmière auprès des personnes âgées issues de la diversité sexuelle et de genre. Recherche en soins infirmiers, 1(140), 29-56.
Themes:
Gender*, lgbt*, neglect* and organizational (systemic) mistreatment*
Wallach, I. et Brisson-Guérin, M. (2020). Les préoccupations des personnes trans en lien avec la fin de vie : une revue systématique des études qualitatives. Frontières, 31(2).
Yaffe, M. (2020). Can a positive doctor-patient relationship contribute to risk of elder abuse? Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 32(4), 385–387.
Themes:
Intervention* and risk factors and vulnerability*
2019
Ballard, S. A., Yaffe, M. J., August, L., Cetin-Sahin, D., & Wilchesky, M. (2019). Adapting the Elder Abuse Suspicion Index© for Use in Long-Term Care: A Mixed-Methods Approach. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 38(10), 1472–1491.