Asians and Pacific Islanders, Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Culture & Gender-Based Violence, Elder Abuse, Gender-Based Violence, New, News and Events, Our Analysis, Research and Data
This resource aims to illuminate some of the barriers faced by AANHPI elders, as well as recommendations for intervention and prevention. These learnings and recommendations were collectively developed by a multi-disciplinary think tank on elder safety and wellness...
Elder Abuse, Gender-Based Violence, Lifecourse Violence and Help Seeking, Lifetime Spiral of Gender Violence, Our Analysis
From the aborting of female fetuses to intimate homicide, girls and women may encounter numerous oppressions during infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and as elders. Some of these are confined to one stage in the lifecycle, some continue into subsequent...
Elder Abuse, Gender-Based Violence
These training slides from a workshop by API-GBV analyzes elder abuse in the context of abuse over the lifecourse (see the Lifetime Spiral of Gender Violence). It enumerates several types of abuses API elders may face, including forced labor and emotional neglect, and...
Elder Abuse, Gender-Based Violence
This article published by the Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect explores the intersections of domestic violence and elder abuse, arguing for gender analysis in the elder abuse field and examining the impact of generational and aging factors on how older women...
Elder Abuse, Gender-Based Violence
Culture impacts the definition of elder mistreatment, help seeking behavior, methods of intervention, and more. It can be a source of both risk and protective factors for an elder. This research brief provides insight into general cultural beliefs, views, norms, etc....
