Rosalie Wolf Memorial Lecture: Reconsidering assumptions regarding men as elder abuse perpetrators and as elder abuse victims.
From research findings and practice experiences, it is concluded that abuse of older men is especially invisible and underreported, compared to abuse of older women. It is proposed that attention should be directed not to gender, but to those conditions in different countries and cultures leading to abuse of both older men and women, including (but not limited to) economic problems, few alternatives to family care of the elderly, violence, changing characteristics of the family, ageism, and sexism. Advocates for the prevention of elder abuse should work together in combating, reducing, and eliminating the problem of elder abuse of both older men and older women.
a Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, School of Medicine , University of New Mexico , Albuquerque , New Mexico , USA.
Jordan I
JI
Kosberg
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D057237:Criminals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004552:Elder Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013240:Stereotyping; D035862:Vulnerable Populations / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
cross-national perspectives; elder abuse as a man’s problem; elder abuse interventions with men; invisibility of men’s abuse; nongendered collaboration; nongendered explanations for abuse; prevention of the abuse of older men; professional ageism and sexism