SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Cadency, Industrial Revolution, Food Bank
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As with family violence in general, majority of victims women (14% male, 86% female in alberta study, and 26% male, 74% female in b. c study. 53% of family homicides against older women and 25% of those against older men are committed by spouses including ex-spouses. More often abused by spouse/children than paid or volunteer caregivers. Often assumed that older adults are the victim of one abuser only; however, a study found 22% of victims (between 1/4 and 1/5) reported 1+ abusers) 98,000 older adults in canada, 4% have experienced some form of abuse or neglect with. Nancial abuse reported most frequently (us study, researchers estimated nearly 450,000 americans aged 60 or over were abused in 1996, but that almost four times this number experienced abuse that was unreported) Family violence in canada : a statistical pro le 85% of violent offences against older adults were physical assaults (53% resulted in injury)
