title: Survivors in the Margins: The Invisibility of Violence Against Older Women.
abstract: Violence against older women exists in the margins between domestic violence and elder abuse, with neither field adequately capturing the experiences of older women survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). This commentary explores this oversight, identifying how the lack of gender analysis in the elder abuse field exacerbates older survivors' invisibility when the wider violence against women (VAW) field lacks a lifespan approach to abuse. Examining the impact of generational and aging factors on how older women experience IPV, we assert that the VAW field may be overlooking a wider population of survivors than previously thought.
authors.affiliation: a Administration for Community Living , US Department of Health and Human Services , Washington , DC , USA.
authors.forename: Cailin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Crockett
authors.affiliation: b National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life , Denver , Colorado , USA.
authors.forename: Bonnie
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brandl
authors.affiliation: c Asian and Pacific Islander Institute on Gender-Based Violence , San Francisco , California , USA.
authors.forename: Firoza Chic
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Dabby
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017579:Domestic Violence; D004552:Elder Abuse; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D000066511:Intimate Partner Violence; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D017741:Survivors
keywords: commentary; domestic violence; elder abuse; intimate partner violence; violence against older women