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Gender issues in elder abuse
- Authors:
- AITKEN Lynda, GRIFFIN Gabriele
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 179p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Analyses the ways in which gender is central to the occurrence, detection and prevention of elder abuse. Argues that the very phrase 'elder abuse' masks the fact that gender is of significance in abusive situations involving older people and that the elision of this gendered reality is reflected in the research done in the field. Identifies the gendered nature of elder abuse in the following areas: most of the victims are women, in both domestic and institutional settings; a significant number of older women are abused by their sons; a significant number of older men are abused by their female partners and daughters; and abuse by non-relatives and non-carers of both sexes occurs.
Visibility blues: gender issues in elder abuse in institutional settings
- Authors:
- GRIFFIN Gabrielek, AITKEN Lynda
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 10(1/2), 1999, pp.29-42.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article argues that elder abuse in institutional as opposed to domestic settings remains invisible because institutions for elders are mainly all-female spaces where ageism and sexism converge and clients and workers are economically and socially disadvantaged. A general culture of violence that increasingly legitimates the everydayness of abuse and that conforms to dominant gender stereotypes refuses to investigate abuse of women by women. Research is needed into the different kinds of abuse committed in institutional settings by women. Staff and clients need to be enabled to report abuse and effective measures for combating it put in place.