The Intersection of Ageism and Elder Abuse

Phelan, Amanda; Ayalon, Liat

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“…Considering the ways in which structural ageism seep through social interactions and its downstream consequences in shaping the inherent power imbalance between victims, perpetrators and their environments can offer promising opportunities for primary prevention strategies. 64 Our findings have a few limitations that point to future research directions. First, given that violence in general and elder abuse in particular is stigmatising and illegal in most of the countries, it is possible that the violence against older person was under-reported.…”

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Impact of structural ageism on greater violence against older persons: a cross-national study of 56 countries

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ObjectiveTo determine the association between country-level structural ageism and prevalence of violence against older persons.DesignCountry-level ecological study.SettingStructural ageism data were drawn from the nationally representative World Values Survey 2010–2014 (WVS), global databases from the WHO, United Nations and the World Bank. Violence data were based on the Global Burden of Diseases (GBD) study 2017.ParticipantsAnalysis of 56 countries that represented 63.1% of the world’s ageing population aged 60 and over across all six of WHO regions.ExposureStructural ageism, following established structural stigma measures, consisted of two components: (1) discriminatory national policies related to older persons’ economic, social, civil and political rights, based on the four core components of human rights protection in Madrid International Plan of Action on Aging and (2) prejudicial social norms against older persons, measured by negative attitudes toward older persons in 56 national polls in WVS aggregated to country-level. These components were z scored and combined such that higher score indicated greater structural ageism.Main outcomes and measuresPrevalence rates of violence per 100 000 persons aged 70 and over in each country was based on extensive epidemiological surveillance data, survey, clinical data and insurance claims in GBD and compiled by the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington.ResultsThere was a wide variation in levels of structural ageism across countries. As predicted, structural ageism was significantly associated with the prevalence rates of violence in multivariate models (β=205.7, SE=96.3, p=0.03), after adjusting for relevant covariates. Sensitivity analyses supported the robustness of our findings. That is, structural ageism did not predict other types of violence and other types of prejudice did not predict violence against older persons.ConclusionsThis study provides the first evidence of the association between higher structural ageism and greater violence against older persons across countries.

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Impact of structural ageism on greater violence against older persons: a cross-national study of 56 countries

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“…The aging phenomena is responsible for physical causes while the differential in treating elders based on gender make them feeble and vulnerable to neglect. (Kim et al, 2005;Phelan & Ayalon, 2020). On exploring the theoretical underpinning of aging, gender and abuse, the caregiver stress/situational theory propounded that the abuse occurs in an attempt to overcome the conflict and challenges of stress/burnout due to variation in caregiving by age (Phelan & Ayalon, 2020).…”

Section: Aging and Elder Abusementioning

confidence: 99%

“…(Kim et al, 2005;Phelan & Ayalon, 2020). On exploring the theoretical underpinning of aging, gender and abuse, the caregiver stress/situational theory propounded that the abuse occurs in an attempt to overcome the conflict and challenges of stress/burnout due to variation in caregiving by age (Phelan & Ayalon, 2020). Further, the social exchange theory believes on transaction between the two persons is the basis of social and family relationship.…”

Section: Aging and Elder Abusementioning

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Travesty of Life Elders Abuse an Inquiry of Physical and Psychological Abuse

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Elder abuse is evil in human society. The present paper unveils this social issue from two major factors psychological and physical abuse. The study sensitizes the subject matter of study by examining the effects of demographic variables like gender and age on elders. For achieving the purpose of the study the research is a design by exploring and validating the factors of measuring elder abuse through the mix method approach, exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). To test the established hypotheses of the effects of the demographic variable on elders the two-way ANOVA was applied. The present study verdicts the development of a sound measurement scale with two influence factors. The separate and composite effect of aging and gender type on elder abuse was evidenced. These findings are crucial especially when the prevalence of elder abuse is higher during COVID-19. The limited novel understudied variable opens an avenue for further research in behavioral and demographic variables like marital status. The present study has practical insinuation for caring the elders in any human society like physical and psychological treatment of elders to avoid abusive situations. In addition, the study attempts to validate the novel issues like psychological and physical abuse of elders in the dimensions of demographic variables. Some rare studies in the Indian continent established the motivation of conducting the research on this dimension.

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“…Improving intergenerational relations has been complicated by the fact that age-based differences have historically been associated with imbalances of power [43][44][45]. Furthermore, understandings of ageism, defined as the existence of prejudice or discrimination based on age, varies depending upon the disciplinary discourse encountered.…”

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Intergenerational Commensality: A Critical Discussion on Non-Familial Age Groups Eating Together

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Haapala

2021

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Connecting intergenerational relationships and commensality has been a neglected area in research and conceptual development within both food and life-course studies. This has been especially true of relations beyond the family. Here, public and private settings are explored in order to examine the relationship between eating together and generationally intelligent empathy. This is to help the discovery of spaces where different generations can interact positively around food and mealtimes. Contemporary social and public health challenges include: to adapt to increased longevity and to build solidarity between generations; to repair the relations between generations arising from institutional segregation; and to increase experiences of generational connection and social inclusion. As age-based cohorts are led to see themselves as separate from each other, we must find ways of building and negotiating new complementary roles for different parts of the life-course. Commensality, eating together at the same table provides an important cultural location and opportunity around which complementary understandings between generations may be built. A new framework is proposed to help identify and critically examine the variables underpinning non-familial intergenerational commensal spaces.

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The Intersection of Ageism and Elder Abuse

Cited by 13 publications

References 52 publications

Impact of structural ageism on greater violence against older persons: a cross-national study of 56 countries

Impact of structural ageism on greater violence against older persons: a cross-national study of 56 countries

Travesty of Life Elders Abuse an Inquiry of Physical and Psychological Abuse

Intergenerational Commensality: A Critical Discussion on Non-Familial Age Groups Eating Together

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