Survivors in the margins : the invisibility of violence against older women
Crockett, Caitlin
Survivors in the margins : the invisibility of violence against older women Cailin Crockett , Bonnie Brandl and Firoza Chic Dabby - Taylor & Francis, 2015 - Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect .
Journal of elder Abuse & Neglect, 2015, 27(4-5):291-302
Violence against older women exists in the margins between domestic violence and elder abuse, with neither field adequately capturing the experiences of older women survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). This commentary explores this oversight, identifying how the lack of gender analysis in the elder abuse field exacerbates older survivors' invisibility when the wider violence against women (VAW) field lacks a lifespan approach to abuse. Examining the impact of generational and aging factors on how older women experience IPV, we assert that the VAW field may be overlooking a wider population of survivors than previously thought. (Authrors' abstract). Record #8253
ELDER ABUSE
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
OLDER WOMEN
PHYSICAL ABUSE
PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
INTERNATIONAL
UNITED STATES
Survivors in the margins : the invisibility of violence against older women Cailin Crockett , Bonnie Brandl and Firoza Chic Dabby - Taylor & Francis, 2015 - Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect .
Journal of elder Abuse & Neglect, 2015, 27(4-5):291-302
Violence against older women exists in the margins between domestic violence and elder abuse, with neither field adequately capturing the experiences of older women survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). This commentary explores this oversight, identifying how the lack of gender analysis in the elder abuse field exacerbates older survivors' invisibility when the wider violence against women (VAW) field lacks a lifespan approach to abuse. Examining the impact of generational and aging factors on how older women experience IPV, we assert that the VAW field may be overlooking a wider population of survivors than previously thought. (Authrors' abstract). Record #8253
ELDER ABUSE
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
OLDER WOMEN
PHYSICAL ABUSE
PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
INTERNATIONAL
UNITED STATES