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| Abuse and neglect in older men | | Author(s) | Charles P Mouton, Melissa Talamantes, Robert W Parker |
| Journal title | Clinical Gerontologist, vol 24, nos 3/4, 2001 |
| Pages | pp 15-26 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Older men ; Neglect [care] ; Elder abuse. |
| Annotation | While victims and perpetrators of elder abuse and mistreatment are both men and women, much of the focus has been on women. Reports of the gender distribution of elder mistreatment conflict: while some studies cite a greater prevalence in males, others show a female predominance. This article summarises US research on elder mistreatment, emphasising the gender distribution. Older men are more likely to be victims of neglect, particularly abandonment. The authors use case vignettes to illustrate these major research findings. They also present data from a series of focus group interviews that included older men, whose comments about elder mistreatment are presented. Throughout these findings, the authors show that more research is needed to understand the similarities and differences between male and female victims of elder abuse and mistreatment. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-021028210 A |
| Classmark | BC: QNR: QNT |
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