By The Canadian Record, 05/13/2024
“…Elder Abuse Awareness Month in June is a time dedicated to raising awareness and empowering communities to take action to protect seniors. Every year, thousands of older adults in Texas fall victim to abuse, neglect and financial exploitation…”
Read the entire article: https://www.canadianrecord.com/community/elder-abuse-awareness-month-texas-protecting-our-seniors
By The Senior, 05/01/2024
“…In the author’s note Mary writes, “I was surprised to learn that sibling abuse is by far the most common form of abuse in the context of family violence and occurs four to five times as frequently as spousal or parental child abuse … there is a societal expectation that we should get along with our brothers and sisters. Be friends for life”…”
Read the entire article: https://www.thesenior.com.au/story/8567626/my-fathers-suitcase-by-mary-garden-looks-at-sibling-abuse/
By Focus on the Family, 04/09/2024
“… Can men experience abuse in marriage? The short answer is yes, absolutely. The long answer is also yes, but men often find themselves in a slightly different situation than women when it comes to abuse. Because people generally take male abuse lightly, there are fewer resources available to them if they need help…”
Read the entire article: https://www.focusonthefamily.com/marriage/male-abuse-in-marriage-why-an-abusive-wife-is-no-laughing-matter/
By Forbes, 02/05/2024
“…Elder abuse is more common than one might think; approximately one in 10 Americans aged 60+ have experienced some form of abuse. It is a critical public health issue that results in poor health outcomes and increased mortality among older adults of all races, cultures, sexual orientations, social classes, and geographic areas…”
Read the entire article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/sophieokolo/2024/02/05/the-other-side-of-elder-abuse-heres-what-older-caregivers-face/?sh=2893e5052a1f
By Those Nerdy Girls, 10/30/2023
“…While IPV in the LGBTQ+ community is more likely and more complex, it is often ignored and underreported. A major reason is that the tools that assess IPV are based on cisgender, heterosexual people. Identifying IPV among lesbian partners is often missed because of the assumption that women are not violent…”
Read the entire article: https://thosenerdygirls.org/ipv-and-the-lgbtq-community/
By Independent, 12/01/2023
“…As many as 95% of male sexual violations go unreported, according to research cited in a review of scientific literature about male victims of sexual assault, published in April in the journal Behavioral Sciences. Four of five men who reported assaults regretted doing so, saying that police were often unsympathetic and disinterested and that the process just added more trauma…”
Read the entire article: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ap-men-anthony-edwards-rice-university-houston-b2456610.html
By Fox 29, 11/30/2023
“…A well-known Philadelphia family is grieving the loss of their 20-year-old loved one, and choosing to use what happened to him to help others suffering in silence as victims of domestic violence…”
Read the entire article: https://www.fox29.com/news/well-known-philadelphia-family-raise-awareness-for-male-victims-of-domestic-violence-after-sons-murder
By Kern Valley Sun, 10/30/2023
“…The main difference between male and female victims of domestic violence is the fact that it’s more difficult for a man to recognize he’s experiencing domestic violence and harder for a man to come forward and ask for assistance out of the abuse. Men are more likely to think no one will believe they’re being abused…”
Read the entire article: https://kernvalleysun.com/stories/650696033-victims-advocates-march-on-behalf-of-male-domestic-violence-victims
By Good Men Project, 09/14/2023
“…Within the privacy of our own homes, a harrowing reality often remains concealed. Intimate partner violence (IPV), also known as domestic violence, is a distressing and pervasive issue. It silently afflicts individuals across all walks of life, and men, as victims, are by no means excluded…”
Read the entire article: https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/intimate-partner-violence-against-men-the-overlooked-victims-kpkn/
By WUFT, 04/24/2023
“…Florida’s senior population, or people over 65, is greater than 4.5 million. Even as specialists and advocates warned that elder abuse rates would increase during the pandemic, the number of cases reported to help lines and law enforcement remained steady or declined – sometimes hitting zero in some counties…”
Read the entire article: https://www.wuft.org/news/2023/04/24/hidden-violence-elder-abuse-was-already-hard-to-track-then-a-pandemic-made-it-harder/
