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JOURNAL OF ELDER ABUSE & NEGLECT
Volume 25, Issue 3, Pages 230-241Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/08946566.2012.751825
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domestic violence; elder mistreatment; intimate partner violence; media reports; older women; public perceptions
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- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) [R03HD059478]
- Office of the Director (OD)
- EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH &HUMAN DEVELOPMENT [R03HD059478] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Intimate partner violence (IPV) in late life takes various forms including physical harm, sexual assault, and murder. Using national newspaper reports of IPV among elders, we identified the types of violence reported most frequently in media and examined how the abuse was conceptualized by reporters. We found that most cases of IPV reported involved murder, with men as perpetrators and women as victims. Caregiving stress and health problems were frequently cited as contributing factors in the cases. Interpreting these findings from a feminist perspective, we suggest implications for practitioners working with older adults.
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