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| A five-year follow up study of domestic violence programming for older battered women | | Author(s) | Linda Vinton, Judith A S Altholz, Thea Lobell-Boesch |
| Journal title | Journal of Women & Aging, vol 9, nos 1/2, 1997 |
| Pages | pp 3-15 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Older women ; Spouses ; Services ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Elder abuse and domestic violence have both been the subject of much research, however, the topics are rarely addressed together. Viewing older women as experiencing elder abuse rather than domestic violence has implications for referrals to services, for instance, older women are rarely referred to shelters or safe houses. This article describes a five-year follow up survey of domestic violence shelters in Florida, which examined special programming for older women. Findings revealed that whereas only 8% of the shelters had such programming in 1990, 22% had specific resources for older women in 1995. The percentage of older staff members, volunteers, and board members of domestic violence shelters had also increased over this period. The article concludes with a discussion of these trends and suggestions for future programmes. |
| Accession Number | CPA-980202401 A |
| Classmark | QNT: BD: SN: I: 3F: 7T |
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