Elder abuse

MS Lachs, KA Pillemer - New England Journal of Medicine, 2015 - Mass Medical Soc
Because older victims of abuse tend to be isolated, their interactions with physicians are
important opportunities to recognize abuse and intervene. This review explores the …

Child maltreatment, youth violence, intimate partner violence, and elder mistreatment: A review and theoretical analysis of research on violence across the life course

TI Herrenkohl, L Fedina, KA Roberto… - … Violence, & Abuse, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This article reports the results of a scoping review of the literature on life-course patterns of
violence that span the developmental periods of childhood, adolescence, and early and …

[图书][B] Social isolation and loneliness in older adults: Opportunities for the health care system

National Academies of Sciences… - 2020 - books.google.com
Social isolation and loneliness are serious yet underappreciated public health risks that
affect a significant portion of the older adult population. Approximately one-quarter of …

Prevalence of elder abuse and victim-related risk factors during the COVID-19 pandemic in China

P Du, Y Chen - BMC public health, 2021 - Springer
Background With the accelerated aging of the Chinese population, elder abuse has become
a serious social problem. As COVID-19 has had a very large impact on economic …

[图书][B] The social psychology of aggression

B Krahé - 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
Thoroughly revised and updated, this third edition offers a comprehensive and up-to-date
overview of the social psychology of aggression, covering all the relevant major theories …

Types of abuse and risk factors associated with elder abuse

L Simone, A Wettstein, O Senn, T Rosemann… - Swiss medical …, 2016 - smw.ch
PRINCIPLES: Detecting elder abuse is challenging because it is a taboo, and many cases
remain unreported. This study aimed to identify types of elder abuse and to investigate its …

The complexities of elder abuse.

KA Roberto - American Psychologist, 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
Elder abuse is a growing societal concern, affecting at least 1 in 10 older Americans.
Researchers and practitioners alike consistently assert that a dramatic discrepancy exists …

Help-seeking behavior in victims of elder abuse: A systematic review

S Fraga Dominguez, JE Storey… - Trauma, Violence, & …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Elder abuse has become increasingly relevant for intervention and study in the context of an
aging population. One of the major barriers to progress in the field is underreporting of elder …

All elder abuse perpetrators are not alike: The heterogeneity of elder abuse perpetrators and implications for intervention

SL Jackson - International Journal of Offender Therapy and …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
The tendency to label all elder abuse perpetrators as the “bad guys” has diminished our
ability to respond effectively. A review of the literature demonstrates that elder abuse …

Theorizing elder abuse

KA Roberto, PB Teaster - Elder abuse: Research, practice and policy, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Development and identification of the theoretical underpinnings of elder abuse
research and practice has lagged behind the empirical output. Without well-articulated …