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The ageing process in older adults’ narratives of family violence
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine, through a qualitative lens, how community elder abuse
and the ageing process are represented in the older adults’ narratives reporting abuse perpetrated by
family members.
Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative study of a convenience sample of 22 interviews from
24 older adults (two couples) aged 60 years or older who had experienced one or more types of abuse and
had sought help about the victimisation experience. A general inductive approach of thematic content
analysis was employed.
Findings – The four main emergent themes related to the passage of time or the perception of becoming old
within the process of abuse were: abuse grown old, abuse after entering later life, vulnerability to abuse and
responses to abuse. Ageing was found to be associated with an increase vulnerability to abuse and an
important element in shaping how older adults experience, report and cope with victimization. The social and
contextual issues of being older also influenced the decision of ending (or not) the abuse and the victims’
repertoire of responses.
Originality/value – Despite the little suitability of chronological age to define and delimit elder abuse,
understanding the phenomenon demands the recognition of ageing (both as a process and as a product) in
order to more accurately identify aetiology processes and develop interventions.
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Qualitative Vulnerability Ageing Intimate Partner Violence Elder Abuse Parent-child Determinantes da Saúde e da Doença
Contexto Educativo
Citação
Qual Ageing Older Adults. 2019 May 30;20(2):56-66. doi:10.1108/QAOA-10-2018-0046
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Emerald