Current

Statistics/general:

Interventions Against Elder Abuse
Centre for Families, Work & Well-Being at the University of Guelph, Trellis Mental Health and Development Services of Guelph/Wellington (formerly the Guelph/Wellington Community Mental Health Clinic), and the Ontario Network for Prevention of Elder Abuse (ONPEA)

Fact Sheet: Elder Abuse Prevalence and Incidence
National Centre on Elder Abuse; Washington, DC: 2005 "Estimates of the frequency of elder abuse range from 2% to 10% based on various sampling, survey methods, and case definitions”.(Lachs, Mark S., and Karl Pillemer. October 2004. “Elder Abuse”; The Lancet, Vol. 364: 1192-1263.)”

Family Violence in Canada: A Statistical Profile
Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics: 2004

Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect
Hawthorn Press

Please also see:

Studies that are referenced in articles/manuals listed in the bibliography section of the Resource Guide

References in the “Prevention”, and other sections of the Canadian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse Website

Research referenced in the publications that are available from the National Clearinghouse on Family Violence (Health Canada)

National Centre on Elder Abuse; (American); Statistics, Research & Resources

Gender/domestic violence issues:

A Feminist Perspective on Gender and Elder Abuse: A Review of the Literature
Nerenburg, Lisa: December, 2002

Domestic Abuse in Later Life
Brandl, Bonnie and Cook-Daniels Loree: December 2002

Domestic Abuse in Later Life: Services and Interventions
Brandl, Bonnie and Cook-Daniels Loree: December 2002

Measuring the Extent of Woman Abuse in Intimate Heterosexual Relationships: a Critique of the Conflict Tactic Scales
DeKeseredy, Walter and Schwatrz, Martin: 1998

Age, Gender and Violence: Abuse Against Older Women Hightower, Jill
Geriatrics and Aging – Volume 7, Number 3: March, 2004

Violence and Abuse in the Lives of Older Women: Is it elder abuse or violence against women? Does it make any difference?”
Hightower, Jill: April, 2002
INSTRAW Electronic Discussion Forum

Abuse of older adults - ethno-cultural issues:

A Study on the Settlement Related Needs of Newly Arrived Immigrant Seniors in Ontario
McDonald, George, Daciuk, Yan and Rowan
Faculty of Social work, University of Toronto: June 2001

Selected Ethnic Profiles of Canada's Senior Age Cohorts
Mata, F., and Valentine, J.: 2000
Strategic Research and Analysis Multicultural Program; Citizen’s Participation and Multiculturalism; Department of Canadian Heritage

LGBT Issues:

Lesbian, Gay Male, Bisexual and Transgendered Elders: Elder Abuse and Neglect issues
Loree Cook-Daniels

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Past

General

Please see:

Studies that are referenced in articles/manuals listed in the bibliography section of the Resource Guide

References in the “Prevention”, and other sections of the Canadian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse Website

Research referenced in the publications that are available from the National Clearinghouse on Family Violence (Health Canada)

National Centre on Elder Abuse; (American); Statistics, Research & Resources

Multicultural

Ethnic Communities and the Challenge of Aging
Desai, Kappu; Polyphony, Volume 12, 1990, pp 87-92
Copyright Multicultural Historical Society of Ontario, 1991

Isolated, Afraid and Forgotten: The Service Delivery Needs and Realities of Immigrant and Refugee Women who are Battered
MacLeod, Linda and Shin, Maria; 1990
National Clearinghouse on Family Violence

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Missing voices

Views of older persons on elder abuse

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