ArticleHealth affairs (Project Hope)2019
Violence In Older Adults: Scope, Impact, Challenges, And Strategies For Prevention.
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- 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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- The link between traumatic experiences and health in late life: challenges and opportunities for US-based longitudinal aging cohorts.American journal of epidemiology · 2025Article
- Violent suicide methods across life stages - a national population-based register study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Factors associated with violence in bipolar disorder versus major depressive disorder: insights from a retrospective cross-sectional study of 141 aged patients with mood disorders.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Perceived neighborhood safety, crime exposure, and chronic diseases among older Indians: The role of functional disabilities.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Economic Cost of US Older Adult Assault Injuries.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Precipitating Circumstances Associated With Intimate Partner Problem-Related Suicides.American journal of preventive medicine · 2023Article
- Cars, Guns, Aging, and "Giving Up the Keys".The Gerontologist · 2023Article
- Older adults and planning for firearm safety: A qualitative study of healthcare providers.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2023Article
- Long gun suicides in the state of Maryland following the firearm safety act of 2013.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2023Article
- A Web-Based Decision Aid for Caregivers of Persons With Dementia With Firearm Access (Safe at Home Study): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- Childhood Trauma as an Environmental Determinant of Risk of Violence in Bipolar Disorder.Noro psikiyatri arsivi · 2023Article
- Healthcare utilization and mental health outcomes among nonfatal shooting assault victims.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Article
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- Firearm access and dementia: A qualitative study of reported behavioral disturbances and responses.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2022Article
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Abstract
Although often perceived to be a problem of the young, violence commonly affects older adults, a rapidly growing segment of the population. Violence can be directed toward older adults (elder abuse and intimate partner violence), self-directed (suicide), or perpetrated by older adults against others (intimate partner violence and violence in dementia). Across forms of violence, firearm access increases lethality, and veterans may be a particularly high-risk population. The forms of violence in older adults have some common risk factors (such as medical or psychiatric illness) and common challenges for prevention (such as balancing autonomy and well-being in vulnerable adults). The integration of prevention strategies across the life span, disciplines, and forms of violence offers promise for promoting older adult health and well-being. Looking forward, key areas for attention will include raising awareness about these topics and prioritizing funding for the implementation and evaluation of violence prevention interventions in health care settings and the community.
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