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Older Women’s Descriptions and Understandings of Their Abusers

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

C. Jeffrey Jacobson

University of Cincinnati, OH

Saundra Regan

University of Cincinnati, OH

Bonnie Fisher

University of Cincinnati, OH

Stephanie Pabst

University of Cincinnati, OH

Thirty-eight women who were in abusive relationships since age 55 years were interviewed to understand their abuse stories, ways of coping, and health care experiences. In responding to these questions, women described the nature of the abuse perpetrated by their elderly partners and tried to "make sense" of what they had experienced and to define "who" these men were. This took various forms, from personal theories about aging, to labels (ethnic stereotyping, demonizing, pathologizing) to characterizations of the abuser’s private versus public behaviors. The authors explore the implications these findings have for assisting the elderly victim and perpetrator.

Key Words: abuse perpetrators • elderly victims • older women

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