| Gender Issues in Elder Abuse Contributor(s): Aitken, Lynda (Author), Griffin, Gabriele (Author) |
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ISBN: 0803975236 ISBN-13: 9780803975231 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd OUR PRICE: $66.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1996 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Social Science | Gerontology |
| Dewey: 362.6 |
| LCCN: 96070414 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.3" W x 8.4" (0.50 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The ways in which gender is central to the occurrence, detection and prevention of elder abuse are analyzed in this volume. Drawing on their own research, the authors identify the gendered nature of elder abuse in the following areas: most of the very elderly victims are women; in both domestic and institutional settings, women abuse women; 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 nonrelatives and noncarers of both sexes occurs.
Gender Issues in Elder Abuse considers why much of the research on elder abuse has failed to engage with these facts. The authors call for a reframing of the issue of elder a |