Domestic Violence or Elder Abuse? Why it Matters for Older Women

Domestic Violence or Elder Abuse? Why It Matters for Older Women

Occurrence of domestic elder abuse.

This study aimed to verify the occurrence of domestic abuse against male and female elderly people in 2006, using medical examination reports, and to identify aggressors and injuries caused, in accordance with the International Classification of Diseases (ICD - 10). The sample consisted of 87 male and female elderly persons aged 60 or more, who lived in Ribeirão Preto-SP, Brazil, filed a compla...

Older Women and Domestic Violence in Scotland

Acknowledgements Thanks to Nancy Lombard for her work on the literature review, Ruth Lewis for help with key points and to Dawn Cattanach for her design work. This report provides an update on literature published since an earlier research project, Older Women and Domestic Violence in Scotland, conducted in 2003-2004 and published in June 2004. The original project was commissioned by Health Sc...

Reporting elder abuse: should it be mandatory or voluntary?

Domestic violence in women with PTSD and substance abuse.

This study reports rates of domestic violence for women with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance dependence. The Conflict Tactics Scale-Revised (CTS2) was used to assess the rates of both physical and psychological aggression, lifetime and current, by self and partner. Results showed substantial rates, both lifetime and current by both partner and self and, for a substantial numb...