| Literature DB >> 26371877 |
Cailin Crockett1, Bonnie Brandl2, Firoza Chic Dabby3.
Abstract
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.Entities:
Keywords: commentary; domestic violence; elder abuse; intimate partner violence; violence against older women
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26371877 DOI: 10.1080/08946566.2015.1090361
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Elder Abuse Negl ISSN: 0894-6566