Gender Issues in Elder Abuse

by Gabriele Griffin and Lynda Aitken

Book Overview

The ways in which gender is central to the occurrence, detection and prevention of elder abuse are analyzed in this volume. Drawing on their own research, the authors identify the gendered nature of elder abuse in the following areas: most of the very elderly victims are women; in both domestic and institutional settings, women abuse women; a significant number of older women are abused by their sons; a significant number of older men are abused by...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803975228
• ISBN13: 9780803975224
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 8.0"