Hushed Voices: Views and Experiences of Older Women on Partner Abuse in Later Life

Bhatia, Pankhuri; Soletti, Asha Banu

doi:10.1007/s12126-018-9331-0

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“…It was easier for me to just be quiet, but it's very difficult to go through such an abusive situation without having friends to talk with, though I did lose some friends." [64] [ 41,45,52,64,65,68,[75][76][77][78] "I never invite any of my friends or relatives to come home, because of the fear that he will insult them. None comes to visit me, because I have stopped calling them" (Participant in IDI)" [41] " Behaviors to enhance safety "The two years were coming up for the restraining order, I start getting these nightmares he's going to be at my door wanting to move in.…”

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“…In one study, older women related the impacts of lifelong violence to that of a chronic illness, which alters or limits one's quality of life [47]. Older women frequently linked experiences of violence with physical health consequences, including bodily pain, reduced mobility, and hearing problems, [37,47,54,67], as well as mental health and emotional impacts, including depression [41,50,51,54,67], anxiety [54,67], panic attacks [54], suicidal ideation [41], loneliness [34,51], and loss of self-esteem [34,50,51,54].…”

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“…PLOS ONEgave support for research findings with references to primary data (participant quotations, case study vignettes, case file excerpts). Ten articles[41,46,49,50,59,65,[77][78][79][80] lacked data analysis descriptions. Only 12 articles [29, 35, 38-40, 45, 51, 58, 72-74, 79] reflected on the relationship between the researchers and the participants (reflexivity).…”

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“…Five articles[43,44,56,73,75] described obtaining consent, but lacked descriptions of ethical approval, and 10 articles[32,38,42,53,57,59,62,65,78,80] lacked descriptions of both ethical approval and obtaining consent. A significant number of articles[32,[34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42] (Continued)…”

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“…"[40] I suppose you could say I have been abused, I've never been badly beaten, but I have been hit and with all the temper and that sort of thing, but then there was never anywhere to go and I'm really not aware that there's anywhere specifically for older people and I'm not aware that they even do anything. "[55] [27,29,32,41,55,70,71,74,75] "Most of the time, they [physicians] think you are just getting a little carried away, you are a little high-strung, you are very nervous, you have al-ways been this way, so calm down. .…”

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Violence against older women: A systematic review of qualitative literature

2020

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The majority of the existing evidence-base on violence against women focuses on women of reproductive age (15-49), and globally there is sparse evidence concerning patterns of and types of violence against women aged 50 and older. Improved understanding of differing patterns and dynamics of violence older women experienced is needed to ensure appropriate policy or programmatic responses. To address these gaps in the evidence, we conducted a systematic review of qualitative literature on violence against older women, including any form of violence against women, rather than adopting a specific theoretical framework on what types of violence or perpetrators should be included from the outset, and focusing specifically on qualitative studies, to explore the nature and dynamics of violence against older women from the perspective of women. Following pre-planned searches of 11 electronic databases, two authors screened all identified titles, abstracts and relevant full texts for inclusion in the review. We extracted data from 52 manuscripts identified for inclusion, and conducted quality assessment and thematic synthesis from the key findings of the included studies. Results indicated that the vast majority of included studies were conducted in high-income contexts, and did not contain adequate information on study setting and context. Thematic synthesis identified several central themes, including the intersection between ageing and perceptions of, experiences of and response to violence; the centrality of social and gender norms in shaping older women's experiences of violence; the cumulative physical and mental health impact of exposure to lifelong violence, and that specific barriers exist for older women accessing community supports and health services to address violence victimization. Our findings indicated that violence against older women is prevalent and has significant impacts on physical and mental well-being of older women. Implications for policy and programmatic response, as well as future research directions, are highlighted.

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