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Older adults' emotional reactions to elder abuse: individual and victimisation determinants
- Authors:
- SANTOS Ana Joao, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 27(3), 2019, pp.609-620.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Elder abuse has been gaining public, state, and scientific attention for the past 40 years, but research focusing on emotional reactions of older adults to victimisation is still scarce. The study describes the emotions and feelings of older adults who experienced abuse in a community setting, and the association between these emotions and individual or abuse characteristics. The cross‐sectional study comprises 510 older adults who were identified and referred by four institutions. Participants answered a questionnaire on elder abuse experiences, including the emotion or feeling brought out by the act of abuse that was perceived to be the most serious. Fear and sadness comprised 67.1% of all provided responses. Emotional reactions were associated with functional status, the presence of depressive symptoms, relationship with the perpetrator and, to a limited degree, to the experience of multiple types of abuse. The most significant and meaningful variable was the relationship with the perpetrator. This study demonstrates that older adults present very similar patterns of emotional reactions, but individual characteristics and the established relationship with the perpetrator might mediate the emotional response. Implications for prevention and intervention of elder abuse are discussed.
Perpetrators of abuse against older women: a multi-national study in Europe
- Authors:
- DONDER Liesbeth De, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adult Protection, 13(6), 2011, pp.302-314.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Results from part of the prevalence study Abuse and Violence against Older Women in Europe, conducted in Finland, Austria, Belgium, Lithuania and Portugal in 2010, are presented in this paper. The study focused on home-dwelling women aged 60 years or older and included interviews with 2,880 older women. This paper explores the findings concerning perpetrators of abuse among older women living in the community and whether differences between perpetrators of different forms of abuse could be detected. The results showed that 28.1% of older women reported experiencing at least one kind of violence and abuse in their own home in the last 12 months by someone who was close to them. The findings indicated that emotional abuse occurs most often, followed by financial abuse, and that the current partner or spouse most often commits the abuse, but that depending on the type of abuse different perpetrators are more likely. The paper includes tables showing rates of different kinds of abuse and perpetrators of abuse, including types of abuse, levels of severity, and victim characteristics.