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Abuse and older lesbian, gay bisexual, and trans (LGBT) people : Sue Westwood a commentary and research agenda

By: Westwood, Sue.
Material type: materialTypeLabelArticleSeries: Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect.Publisher: Taylor & Francis, 2019Subject(s): BISEXUAL | ELDER ABUSE | FINANCIAL ABUSE | GAY | INTERSECTIONALITY | INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE | LGBTIQ+ | LESBIAN | LITERATURE REVIEWS | OLDER PEOPLE | PHYSICAL ABUSE | TRANSGENDER | INTERNATIONAL | UNITED KINGDOMOnline resources: DOI: 10.1080/08946566.2018.1543624 In: Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 2019, 31(2): 97-114Summary: With increasing visibility of older lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) people, there is an urgent need to understand abuse in their lives. This is an under-researched area, which this scoping study (based on a literature review and a small subset of data taken from a larger project) serves to demonstrate. The content of this article formed the basis of a paper presented at a workshop on ‘LGBT Elder Abuse’ held at Keele University(UK) in 2017, convened and chaired by the author. It considers LGBT elder abuse in terms of polyvictimisation, intersectionality and the abuse of power. The article identifies knowledge gaps, proposes a research agenda, and explains why such an agenda matters. In particular, the need for researchers of elder abuse, LGBT domestic abuse and organisational abuse to cut across their traditional boundaries of inquiry in order to address how the abuse of older LGBT people intersects with each domain. (Author's abstract). Record #8193
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Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 2019, 31(2): 97-114

With increasing visibility of older lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) people, there is an urgent need to understand abuse in their lives. This is an under-researched area, which this scoping study (based on a literature review and a small subset of data taken from a larger project) serves to demonstrate. The content of this article formed the basis of a paper presented at a workshop on ‘LGBT Elder Abuse’ held at Keele University(UK) in 2017, convened and chaired by the author. It considers LGBT elder abuse in terms of polyvictimisation, intersectionality and the abuse of power. The article identifies knowledge gaps, proposes a research agenda, and explains why such an agenda matters. In particular, the need for researchers of elder abuse, LGBT domestic abuse and organisational abuse to cut across their traditional boundaries of inquiry in order to address how the abuse of older LGBT people intersects with each domain. (Author's abstract). Record #8193