Domestic violence in the second half of life.
Providing an adequate and effective community response to women age 50 and older who experience domestic violence is complicated by the oftentimes disparate goals and expectations of service providers, emergency responders, and victims themselves. This article shares information provided by participants of focus groups designed to understand and identify what women age 50 and older want and need from agencies that provide services to enhance victim safety.
School of Social Work, Virginia Center on Aging, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23284, USA. leiseymr@vcu.edu
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Paula K
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