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Survivors in the margins : the invisibility of violence against older women Cailin Crockett , Bonnie Brandl and Firoza Chic Dabby

By: Crockett, Caitlin.
Contributor(s): Brandl, Bonnie | Dabby, Firoza C.
Material type: materialTypeLabelArticleSeries: Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect.Publisher: Taylor & Francis, 2015Subject(s): ELDER ABUSE | INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE | OLDER WOMEN | PHYSICAL ABUSE | PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE | VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN | INTERNATIONAL | UNITED STATESOnline resources: DOI: 10.1080/08946566.2015.1090361 In: Journal of elder Abuse & Neglect, 2015, 27(4-5):291-302Summary: 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
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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