Type:	Conference Paper
Title:	Violence and abuse in the lives of older women: is it elder abuse or violence against women? Does it make any difference?
Other Titles:	Gender Aspects of Violence and Abuse of Older Persons : INSTRAW Electronic[cut]
Authors:	Hightower, Jill
Keywords:	Older people
Year:	2002
Publisher:	INSTRAW
Notes:	Discusses current understandings of the issue of violence against women and elder abuse, and attempts to draw these areas of knowledge together and stimulate debate regarding the relationship between factors of age, gender, power, violence and control. The failure of feminist advocates, in the past, to recognise the role of age and ageism in women’s lives is highlighted and some recent legal and social policy developments in the US aimed at addressing this gap are described. The paper concludes by examining some of the consequences of abuse for elderly women and a framework that acknowledges the role of age, gender, power and control is advocated.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/20901
Physical description:	9p
Appears in Collections:	Conference Papers

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