Vaishalee Saravanan, Archana Raghavan, Veena A Satyanarayana
{"title":"The Complex Relationship Between Elder Abuse and Suicide - a Global Narrative Review.","authors":"Vaishalee Saravanan, Archana Raghavan, Veena A Satyanarayana","doi":"10.1080/01634372.2025.2522346","DOIUrl":"10.1080/01634372.2025.2522346","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The prevalence of elder abuse and suicide in the geriatric population has increased worldwide, making it a major global public health issue. This narrative review aims to map the existing literature on psychosocial correlates of elder abuse and suicide. It attempts to develop a conceptual framework for understanding the relationship between psychosocial correlates of elder abuse and suicide, to understand gaps, and to shed light on the areas for future research. Findings of this review emphasize the need to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of psychosocial interventions that address the complex interplay of factors contributing to both elder abuse and suicidal behavior.</p>","PeriodicalId":47579,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gerontological Social Work","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144334149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kheng Chuan Tan, Ingrid M Wilson, Wilson Mack, Mary Xiaorong Chen, Tianma Xu, Jonathan Yang Sheng Tan, Dzulfikaar Sutandar, Katijah Dawood, Satvinder Singh Dhaliwal
{"title":"Understanding and Predicting Elder Abuse Response Capabilities: Insights from Singapore's Community Care Professionals.","authors":"Kheng Chuan Tan, Ingrid M Wilson, Wilson Mack, Mary Xiaorong Chen, Tianma Xu, Jonathan Yang Sheng Tan, Dzulfikaar Sutandar, Katijah Dawood, Satvinder Singh Dhaliwal","doi":"10.1080/01634372.2025.2516845","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2025.2516845","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Elder abuse is a significant global issue, with health and social care professionals playing a crucial role in its detection and management. This cross-sectional study quantitatively surveyed 291 community care professionals in Singapore, recruited through convenience sampling. Participants completed a self-administered questionnaire assessing their capabilities (knowledge, attitudes, and confidence) and the barriers and enablers influencing their ability to address elder abuse. Findings revealed significant gaps: 27.7% felt knowledgeable about elder abuse, 25.4% reported positive attitudes, and 57.7% expressed confidence in managing such cases. Over half of respondents reported no prior training and a lack of workplace guidelines. Key barriers included victims' or families' denial or reluctance to seek help. Univariate analyses identified significant associations (<i>p</i> < .05) between professionals' capabilities and factors such as occupation, education, training, guidelines, citizenship, ethnicity, and work experience. Multivariable logistic regression highlighted occupation, education, prior training, and the presence of guidelines as significant predictors (<i>p</i> < .05) of enhanced capabilities. Respondents emphasized the need for comprehensive training, clear protocols, shared community responsibility, targeted interventions for service users, and increased systemic support. These findings underscore the need for targeted interventions for service users, interventions to strengthen professionals' ability to address elder abuse effectively.</p>","PeriodicalId":47579,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gerontological Social Work","volume":" ","pages":"1-27"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144259118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Racial/Ethnic Group Differences in the Incidence of Self-Neglect: Variation Across Metropolitan and Rural Regions.","authors":"Kenneth J Steinman, Jim Pellerin","doi":"10.1080/01634372.2025.2513498","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2025.2513498","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study describes how racial/ethnic group differences in self-neglect incidence varied across metropolitan and rural regions of Texas. The data included 134,538 cases of self-neglect validated by adult protective services among people 65+ years old from 2020 to 2023. We aggregated county population figures from US Census Bureau estimates and used negative binomial regression models to estimate the association of race/ethnicity, gender, and region type with self-neglect case counts. Self-neglect incidence among Black older adults was about twice that of White older adults, a difference that persisted across metropolitan regions. Black-White differences were more pronounced in Northwest rural regions but were absent in the El Paso region. Hispanic-White differences varied across both metropolitan and rural regions. In the Arlington region, for example, self-neglect incidence among Hispanic older adults was less than that of White older adults, whereas in San Antonio it was greater. Addressing self-neglect among Black and Hispanic older adults should anticipate that different communities may require distinct approaches. Future studies with more geographic units should build on this descriptive study to explain variation in racial/ethnic group differences in self-neglect incidence.</p>","PeriodicalId":47579,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gerontological Social Work","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144267627","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Melodies of Well-Being: Examining the Influence of Community Music Care on Older Adults' Well-Being.","authors":"Liang-Ru Lin, Li-Fen Wang","doi":"10.1080/01634372.2025.2510585","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2025.2510585","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Community music care is an innovative social practice that integrates community music therapy and music care to enhance the well-being of older adults. However, existing studies rarely present a comprehensive view of well-being from this perspective. This study explores the impact of community music care on older adults' well-being using a mixed-method approach. The qualitative part involved semi-structured interviews with 10 community-dwelling older adults to understand their experiences and perceptions. The quantitative part surveyed 166 older adults in Penghu County, Taiwan-an area with a high aging population-to examine the correlation between music care and well-being. The results indicate that community music care significantly improves mental health, social interaction, and overall well-being. Interviews also revealed that music care strengthens emotional connections and alleviates loneliness. These findings offer practical insights for communities and long-term care institutions in designing music-based activities and provide a strategic foundation for policymakers to enhance older adults' well-being through long-term care initiatives.</p>","PeriodicalId":47579,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gerontological Social Work","volume":" ","pages":"1-28"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144267626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sexuality in Residential Aged Care: The Resident´s Perspective.","authors":"Klara Le, Maria Bennich, Thomas Strandberg","doi":"10.1080/01634372.2025.2517308","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2025.2517308","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigates how older adults in Residential Aged Care (RAC) perceive and navigate their sexuality. Employing a qualitative approach with semi-structured interviews, it examines older adults' perceptions of sexuality while living in RAC, the barriers they encounter, and the ways they maintain or adapt their sexuality. Data were collected from 15 participants in Swedish RAC facilities. Nine identified as women and six as men, with a mean age of 87.3. The analysis identified three principal themes: The Sexual Script for Older Adults, Co-creating the Script, and Navigating the Script. These themes highlight how older adults articulate their sexuality, respond to institutional norms, and sometimes resist expectations. The findings suggest that sexuality remains a substantial aspect of life for many older adults, even when they face age-related stigma or institutional limitations. This study underscores the need for RAC to better support the sexuality of older adults and advocates for policies that recognize and facilitate their sexual autonomy and well-being.</p>","PeriodicalId":47579,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gerontological Social Work","volume":" ","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144250297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Internet Use and Life Satisfaction Among Chinese Middle-Aged and Older Adults: The Role of Volunteering and Social Trust.","authors":"Wei-Kang Jiang, Jun-Feng Kuang, Kai-Peng Gan","doi":"10.1080/01634372.2025.2515603","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2025.2515603","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Using data from 1,484 participants in the Chinese Social Survey (CSS), we analyzed the relationships among internet use, social trust, volunteer engagement, and life satisfaction. Our findings indicate that greater internet use correlates with enhanced older adults' life satisfaction. Volunteering positively mediates the relationship between internet use and life satisfaction. Furthermore, social trust moderates the relationship between internet use and volunteering. Internet use and social trust are significant factors affecting volunteering and life satisfaction among older Chinese adults. Policymakers should foster equitable internet access and support initiatives that encourage online engagement and build trust among older adults.</p>","PeriodicalId":47579,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gerontological Social Work","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144250296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From Policy to Culture: How Restraint-Free Care Became Organizational Practice in Long-Term Care Settings in South Korea.","authors":"Soyoung Kwon, Seok In Nam","doi":"10.1080/01634372.2025.2512064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2025.2512064","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite ethical concerns, physical restraint (PR) remains common in aged care. This study examines how \"Restraint Zero\" practices were developed and sustained in two South Korean facilities through a multiple case study. Using interviews with staff and leadership, we explored organizational strategies enabling PR elimination. Both sites implemented staff training, policy reforms, and cross-departmental collaboration to support personalized care. While workload increased, caregivers expressed pride in PR-Zero care, which upheld the dignity of both older adults and staff. Sustaining such efforts requires broader institutional and policy support to improve long-term care environments.</p>","PeriodicalId":47579,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gerontological Social Work","volume":" ","pages":"1-21"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144200514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mapping the Language of Social Isolation and Loneliness Among Racialized Older Adults in Canada: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Qualitative Studies.","authors":"Blessing Ugochi Ojembe","doi":"10.1080/01634372.2025.2509837","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2025.2509837","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Social isolation and Loneliness (SIL) are devastating experiences in later life. However, the wide disparity in the experiences of SIL among racialized older adults (ROAs) is underreported, with little attention given to the language that ROAs use when narrating their experience of SIL. With its unique focus on the language used within existing qualitative research in describing SIL among ROAs in Canada, this paper aims to shed light on how the discourse informs ideas about ROAs' lives. Using a critical discourse analysis guided by critical race theory, data was generated from 10 purposively selected qualitative articles conducted with ROAs across four provinces in Canada: Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia. Participants identified as Chinese, Black Africans and Caribbeans, Koreans, Spanish, Filipinos, former Yugoslavians, Iranians and Indians. Discourses of barriers, loss and vulnerability, struggles and resistance, (dis)connection, and settlement experience were dominant themes. The findings highlight the interrelated and linked aging experiences among diverse ROAs regardless of ethnicity, race, culture, province of residence, and country of birth. Therefore, to mitigate their overall experience of SIL, a conducive and enabling environment encompassing research, policy, and practice that promotes the thriving of ROAs in Canada is warranted.</p>","PeriodicalId":47579,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gerontological Social Work","volume":" ","pages":"1-27"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144152393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Juyoung Park, Hajin Lee, Soondool Chung, Yuri Jang
{"title":"The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Depressive Symptoms in Later Life: Mediating Role of Self-Perceptions of Aging in Low-Income Older Korean Immigrants.","authors":"Juyoung Park, Hajin Lee, Soondool Chung, Yuri Jang","doi":"10.1080/01634372.2025.2510577","DOIUrl":"10.1080/01634372.2025.2510577","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Given the mental health impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the vulnerability of socially disadvantaged older adults, we examined the associations among ACEs, self-perceptions of aging and mental health in low-income older Korean immigrants. Using data from 320 residents in subsidized housing in Los Angeles (mean age = 79.4), we found a significant indirect effect of ACEs on depressive symptoms through self-perceptions of aging (B [SE] = .12 [.05], bias-corrected 95% CI = 0.02, 0.22). These findings elucidate a mechanism through which early life adversities affect the current mental health of older adults and highlight the importance of interventions aimed at promoting positive perceptions of aging.</p>","PeriodicalId":47579,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gerontological Social Work","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12354093/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144136474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christina E Miyawaki, Angela McClellan, Erin D Bouldin, Mark E Kunik
{"title":"Life Review Depression Intervention Conducted by Asian and White American Caregivers: A Mixed-Methods Study.","authors":"Christina E Miyawaki, Angela McClellan, Erin D Bouldin, Mark E Kunik","doi":"10.1080/01634372.2025.2509840","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2025.2509840","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Approximately 10% of older Americans with dementia experience depression. Based on life review depression intervention, we developed the <i>Caregiver-Provided Life Review (C-PLR)</i>, trained Asian (<i>n</i> = 15) and White (<i>n</i> = 25) caregivers, and delivered life reviews to their loved ones with mild depressive symptoms and early-stage dementia. This mixed-methods study found that both Asian and White care recipients' depressive symptoms decreased (Asian: <i>p</i> = 0.0006. White: <i>p</i> = 0.034). Caregivers felt the life review process positive and made them closer to their care recipients. The C-PLR intervention appeared feasible, and C-PLR may be a successful non-pharmaceutical intervention for people with mild depressive symptoms and early-stage dementia.</p>","PeriodicalId":47579,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gerontological Social Work","volume":" ","pages":"1-20"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144136472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}