...Alisoun Milne Purpose This paper aims to offer a profile of domestic abuse of older women and its impact on their health and well-being; explore some of the conceptual tensions that exist in this field; and discuss current policy and practice responses to this group of victim-survivors. Design...

...Dr Amanda Phelan; Stacey Scriver; Elaine Mears; Ingrid Wallace Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine demographic details, disclosure and reporting behaviour of older women Rape Crisis Centre (RCC) service users in Ireland. Design/methodology/approach – Statistical analysis of 15...

...Julie McGarry; Christine Simpson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of domestic abuse on the health and lives of older women. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative research design was used and data were collected using in‐depth interviews with 16 older women who had...

...Charlotte Strümpel; Cornelia Hackl Purpose Violence and abuse often occur within the immediate family. However, violence against older women in families is still a taboo topic and professionals who work in community health and social services are often the only persons who have access...

...Hazel Morbey Specifically feminist perspectives are largely absent from the developing discourse of elder abuse in the United Kingdom. This paper describes how focus groups were used to gather older women's understandings and experiences of elder abuse. A perspective on elder abuse that prioritises...