Elder abuse: Feminist and ageist perspectives

Elder abuse research reports little consensus regarding gender and age. Thi s project examined 99 incidents of elder abuse by an adult child and 86 inc idents of elder abuse by a spouse, and compared the groups using the variab les: gender, age, and incidents. The results are discussed from a feminist and age perspective. Differences between the groups were found, namely that elder abuse by an adult child is most likely to be financial abuse. Tradit ional ideas about women and men, as well as ideas about the nature of the o ld were found to be factors in elder abusive relationships.