Elder Abuse in a Land of Tradition: The Case of Israel's Arabs

Sharon, Nachman; Msw, Sameer Zoabi

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“…The status of older Arab women is still much lower than within the Jewish sector. Wife abuse in general was found to be higher in the Arab community than in the Jewish sector (Haj-Yahia, 1996;Sharon & Zoabi, 1997). Given the patriarchal structure of the family in the Arab culture, women are less visible and fewer can be encountered in the various social systems that deal with elderly in general and elder abuse in particular.…”

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“…Such a knowledge base is important because the existence of the phenomenon and its visibility are not parallel. Until recently only several local studies, mainly incidence studies, within both the Jewish (Lowenstein & Doron, 2008;Lowenstein & Ron, 2000a, 2000bIecovich, Lankri, & Drori, 2004) and Arab societies (Sharon & Zoabi, 1997) were conducted in Israel. However, the point at which scattered signs begin to represent a pattern of behavior that constitutes abuse is hard to identify, and, consequently, measuring prevalence is a special challenge.…”

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Is Elder Abuse and Neglect a Social Phenomenon? Data from the First National Prevalence Survey in Israel

Lowenstein

Eisikovits

Band‐Winterstein

et al. 2009

Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect

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This article discusses findings from the First National Survey on Elder Abuse and Neglect in Israel, conducted during 2004-2005 under the sponsorship of The Association for Planning and Development of Services for the Aged in Israel (ESHEL) and the National Insurance Institute. The goals were to examine the prevalence and severity of various forms of abuse and neglect from the victims' perspective, to examine correlates and predictors, and to develop profiles of elders at risk. Data were collected through personal interviews from a national representative sample of community urban dwellers age 65 and older, using cluster sampling techniques and sampling proportionately both Arab and Jewish elders. The sample was composed of 392 males and 650 females, 89% were Jews and 11% were non-Jews. The instrument included sociodemographic data, health and activities of daily living (ADL), a measure of safety, and a battery to examine seven types of abuse (physical, emotional, verbal, limitation of freedom, financial exploitation, sexual, and neglect). Findings indicate that 18.4% of the respondents were exposed to at least one type of abuse during the 12 months preceding the interview, the highest form being verbal abuse followed by financial exploitation. The rates were quite similar between Jews and Arabs. Women were more exposed to physical violence and Arab women were the most vulnerable. Physical, emotional, verbal, limitation of freedom, and sexual abuse occurred mostly among partners. The rates of physical, sexual, and limitation of freedom abuse, however, were relatively low. Financial exploitation was mostly inflicted by adult children. Partners as perpetrators had more chronic health problems and physical and mental disabilities. Children as perpetrators were unemployed, had various mental health problems, and were substance abusers, often in a process of separation or divorce and tended to live with the victims. Neglect in answering primary needs was found among 20% of the sample, regarding the 3 months preceding the interview. This high rate might be related to elders tending to avoid seeking help or sharing their needs with their families. When victims sought help it was mostly from medical and health services. The findings thus corroborate that elder abuse and neglect is a social problem in Israeli society and has to be addressed in policy discourse and service developments.

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Is Elder Abuse and Neglect a Social Phenomenon? Data from the First National Prevalence Survey in Israel

Lowenstein

Eisikovits

Band‐Winterstein

et al. 2009

Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect

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118

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“…One earlier study (Lehman, 1989), conducted among elderly Jews, found that 8% of the elderly investigated had experienced fraud. In another study (Zoabi 1994;Sharon & Zoabi, 1997) among elderly Arabs, 2.5% of them suffered from abuse and neglect (excluding self-neglect), with rates being higher for women (69.4%), and those widowed (65.9%), or functionally independent (82.7%).…”

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Elder Abuse and Neglect–A Pilot Incidence Study in Israel

Iecovich

Lankri

Drori

2004

Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect

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The purposes of this study were: (1) to report on the incidence of elder abuse and neglect by forms of abuse among elderly persons in a metropolitan city in Israel; (2) to characterize the victims and their perpetrators; and (3) to report on the major pathologic family problems diagnosed in the victims' families and the professionals that were involved in intervention after an abused person had been identified. Data collection was conducted over a one-year period, during which 120 new cases of abuse and neglect were identified, an incidence rate of approximately 0.5% (elderly population include 24,800 inhabitants). Unmarried women, who were frail and disabled, and lived with others were at the greatest risk of abuse and neglect of all kinds. Differences were found with respect to age and ethnic origin. Mental abuse was the most prevalent form and in most cases abuse included a combination of various forms of abuse and neglect. Conflictual family relationships were found Esther Iecovich is affiliated with the Department of Social Work, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev,

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“…Also, on the broader issue of elder abuse by family members and informal carers in the community, very limited research has been conducted (Lowenstein, Bergman, & Schwartz, 1992;Nikrug & Ronen, 1993;Lowenstein, 1995;Lowenstein & Ron, 1996;Sharon & Zoabi, 1997). Thus, the premises of this article are twofold: first, as in most modern developed countries older people are subject to ageism and hence socially devalued which might expose them to abuse (Hazan, 1997).…”

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Elder Abuse in Residential Settings in Israel—Myth or Reality?

Mpa

1999

Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect

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Elder Abuse in a Land of Tradition: The Case of Israel's Arabs

Cited by 16 publications

References 8 publications

Is Elder Abuse and Neglect a Social Phenomenon? Data from the First National Prevalence Survey in Israel

Is Elder Abuse and Neglect a Social Phenomenon? Data from the First National Prevalence Survey in Israel

Elder Abuse and Neglect–A Pilot Incidence Study in Israel

Elder Abuse in Residential Settings in Israel—Myth or Reality?

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