SynthesisJournal of the American Geriatrics Society2015
Elder Abuse: Systematic Review and Implications for Practice.
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141 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Screening and Interventions for Elder Mistreatment: Geriatric Emergency Department Guidelines 2.0 Systematic Review.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Prevalence of elder abuse among community-dwelling older adults in South Asia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Exploring the Ethical Dimensions of Care Dependency in Older People: A Transpersonal View.Scandinavian journal of caring sciences · 2025Pooled it
- Elder abuse without borders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Adverse childhood experiences and elder abuse victimization nexus: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- Effectiveness of interventions to prevent abuse in people living with dementia in community settings: A systematic review.Dementia (London, England) · 2024Pooled it
- ERASE: a feasible early warning tool for elder abuse, developed for use in the Dutch emergency department.BMC emergency medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Prevalence of Violence Perpetrated by Healthcare Workers in Long-Term Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- The Effectiveness of Psychosocial Interventions for Elder Abuse in Community Settings: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Pooled it
- Review of Programs to Combat Elder Mistreatment: Focus on Hospitals and Level of Resources Needed.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2019Pooled it
- Do interventions to prevent or stop abuse and neglect among older adults work? A systematic review of reviews.Journal of elder abuse & neglectPooled it
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- Comprehensive Older Adult and Caregiver Help (COACH): A person-centered caregiver intervention prevents elder mistreatment.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2024Trial
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- The association between elder abuse and childhood adversity: A study of older adults in Malaysia.PloS one · 2021Trial
- Responding to Older Adult Maltreatment: Interdisciplinary Geriatric Care Provider Experiences and Training Needs.The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres · 2026Article
- Unravelling the web of neglect in elderly cancer care in South India: A grounded theory approach.The Indian journal of medical research · 2026Article
- Detecting Elder Abuse in an Italian Emergency Department: A Six-Year Retrospective Study and Implications for Systematic Screening.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Perceived hospitalized elder abuse in Iran: a cross-sectional study of subscale patterns and associated factors.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- A 7-year retrospective evaluation of judicial cases of patients over 75 years of age, except traffic accidents.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
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Abstract
This article is based on the lecture for the 2014 American Geriatrics Society Outstanding Scientific Achievement for Clinical Investigation Award. Elder abuse is a global public health and human rights problem. Evidence suggests that elder abuse is prevalent, predictable, costly, and sometimes fatal. This review will highlight the global epidemiology of elder abuse in terms of its prevalence, risk factors, and consequences in community populations. The global literature in PubMed, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, BIOSIS, Science Direct, and Cochrane Central was searched. Search terms included elder abuse, elder mistreatment, elder maltreatment, prevalence, incidence, risk factors, protective factors, outcomes, and consequences. Studies that existed only as abstracts, case series, or case reports or recruited individuals younger than 60; qualitative studies; and non-English publications were excluded. Tables and figures were created to highlight the findings: the most-detailed analyses to date of the prevalence of elder abuse according to continent, risk and protective factors, graphic presentation of odds ratios and confidence intervals for major risk factors, consequences, and practical suggestions for health professionals in addressing elder abuse. Elder abuse is common in community-dwelling older adults, especially minority older adults. This review identifies important knowledge gaps, such as a lack of consistency in definitions of elder abuse; insufficient research with regard to screening; and etiological, intervention, and prevention research. Concerted efforts from researchers, community organizations, healthcare and legal professionals, social service providers, and policy-makers should be promoted to address the global problem of elder abuse.
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