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Advances in Elder Abuse Research‘If You Do Not Believe That It Happens You Won’t See It Either!’-Sexual Abuse in Later Life

Advances in Elder Abuse Research: ‘If You Do Not Believe That It Happens You Won’t See It... [Sexual abuse is one of the categories of elder abuse and defined as ‘nonconsenting sexual contact of any kind’ (Teaster and Roberto 2004a). Attention was first drawn to this type of abuse during the 1990s (Ramsey-Klawsnik 1991; Holt 1993; Bennett and Kingston 2013). One of the first studies on sexual abuse in later life was conducted by Ramsey-Klawsnik (1991), and in 1999, a conference under the title “The Great Taboo” was organized by Action on Elder Abuse, a charitable organization in the United Kingdom. Because of the hidden nature of late life sexual abuse and the difficulties in obtaining data on the topic, a paucity of research exists from domestic as well as institutional settings and there is still a gap in knowledge around older victims of sexual abuse. Single reported acts from media and court systems demonstrate that age is no protection against sexual victimization, either in community dwelling older adults or for nursing home residents, but this problem has not gained much attention in research. However, recently several studies have addressed the issue (Burgess et al. 2008, Malmedal et al. 2015, Rosay and Mulford 2017, Alon et al. 2018). Professionals in health care and social welfare systems are in key positions to be able to identify and detect sexual abuse. Nevertheless, it is likely that they do not have the necessary knowledge about this taboo topic. This chapter will help professionals in identifying sexual elder abuse, as well as providing them with relevant knowledge about how to deal with such cases.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Advances in Elder Abuse Research‘If You Do Not Believe That It Happens You Won’t See It Either!’-Sexual Abuse in Later Life

Part of the International Perspectives on Aging Book Series (volume 24)
Editors: Phelan, Amanda
Malmedal, Wenche
Advances in Elder Abuse Research — Jan 2, 2020
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Springer International Publishing
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© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
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978-3-030-25092-8
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73 –83
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-25093-5_6
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[Sexual abuse is one of the categories of elder abuse and defined as ‘nonconsenting sexual contact of any kind’ (Teaster and Roberto 2004a). Attention was first drawn to this type of abuse during the 1990s (Ramsey-Klawsnik 1991; Holt 1993; Bennett and Kingston 2013). One of the first studies on sexual abuse in later life was conducted by Ramsey-Klawsnik (1991), and in 1999, a conference under the title “The Great Taboo” was organized by Action on Elder Abuse, a charitable organization in the United Kingdom. Because of the hidden nature of late life sexual abuse and the difficulties in obtaining data on the topic, a paucity of research exists from domestic as well as institutional settings and there is still a gap in knowledge around older victims of sexual abuse. Single reported acts from media and court systems demonstrate that age is no protection against sexual victimization, either in community dwelling older adults or for nursing home residents, but this problem has not gained much attention in research. However, recently several studies have addressed the issue (Burgess et al. 2008, Malmedal et al. 2015, Rosay and Mulford 2017, Alon et al. 2018). Professionals in health care and social welfare systems are in key positions to be able to identify and detect sexual abuse. Nevertheless, it is likely that they do not have the necessary knowledge about this taboo topic. This chapter will help professionals in identifying sexual elder abuse, as well as providing them with relevant knowledge about how to deal with such cases.]

Published: Jan 2, 2020

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