By Health Affairs on 08/23/2018
“… Elder abuse can be difficult to talk about or even contemplate. It is unnerving to understand that some older people are mistreated to the degree that they die of neglect, through intentional or unintentional lack of appropriate care. Older people experience social isolation and cognitive impairment, both of which are risk factors for abuse. …”
Read the entire article: https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20180821.470098/full/
By Forbes on 09/11/2018
“… Elder abuse will get worse as 10,000 people turn 65 every day for the next ten years. A growing pool of retirees, older workers, survivors, fragile older people are susceptible to financial exploitation. Sure, thieves and legal exploiters are the perpetrators; but, the root of elder financial abuse is in our retirement system that — for 40 years …”
Read the entire article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/teresaghilarducci/2018/09/11/elder-financial-abuse-will-get-worse-as-americans-age/#3a01e266127c
By Herald Scotland on 09/02/2018
“… SCOTLAND has come a long way in its recognition and response to domestic violence. It’s barely 30 years since this endemic curse was dragged out of the shadows and police forces and other authorities started to give the issue the attention it had always deserved. …”
Read the entire article: http://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/16683895.agenda-remember-male-victims-of-domestic-violence/
By Reuters on 09/11/2018
“… British LGBT victims of domestic abuse are almost twice as likely to have attempted suicide as their heterosexual counterparts, a major survey published on Tuesday revealed. …”
Read the entire article: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-lgbt-crime/british-lgbt-domestic-abuse-victims-twice-as-likely-to-attempt-suicide-idUSKCN1LR1OY
By Fox News on 09/07/2018
“… Jennifer Rudemyer, 39, who was found dead outside the Hilton Head Island home of Gaston Perez on Tuesday night, attacked him hours after he got a restraining order against her, Beaufort County officials and police told the Island Packet newspaper. …”
Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/09/07/hilton-head-former-teacher-shot-her-doctor-ex-boyfriend-before-turning-gun-on-herself-reports.html
By Daily Wire on 09/01/2018
“… A former soap actress has left the U.K.’s “Celebrity Big Brother” house after tearfully claiming another housemate “punched” her “like a boxer would punch a bag.” Except footage of the incident shows her claims to be wildly exaggerated. …”
Read the entire article: https://www.dailywire.com/news/35351/uk-big-brother-star-makes-exaggerated-claim-ashe-schow
By Daily Free Press on 09/06/2018
“… The boarding house, run by the Daughters of Mary of the Immaculate Conception and prominent Fenway-area realtor Marc Roos, is facing backlash from its elderly tenants who have been evicted on what they believe to be a basis of blatant age discrimination. Although the purpose of the evictions has not yet been made clear, both the Daughters and Roos claim they are not responsible for the evictions. …”
Read the entire article: https://dailyfreepress.com/blog/2018/09/06/evicted-elderly-tenants-rise-up-against-catholic-nuns-claiming-elder-abuse/
By Deccan Chronicle on 08/31/2018
“… According to study author Catherine Shaffer, more research is needed to understand why boys are reporting more dating violence.
“It could be that it’s still socially acceptable for girls to hit or slap boys in dating relationships. This has been found in studies of adolescents in other countries as well,” said Catherine Shaffer. …”
Read the entire article: https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/health-and-wellbeing/310818/more-teen-boys-report-experiencing-dating-violence-than-girls-new-stu.html
By Chicago Health online on 09/04/2018
“… Nearly 1 in 4 adult women and approximately 1 in 7 adult men experience severe physical violence from an intimate partner in their lifetime, according to the CDC. And that doesn’t include other forms of abuse, including emotional, economic and sexual abuse. …”
Read the entire article: https://chicagohealthonline.com/out-of-the-shadows/
By Sun News Online on 08/12/2018
“… However, I want to talk about a subject that we often times sweep under the carpet because we never want to paint the average man as a weakling. We hardly hear about men trapped in abusive relationships because we feel no matter what, a man has to be in charge of every situation. But I couldn’t ignore a publication I saw recently where Lagos State Domestic Violence Response Team (DVSRT) said they received 138 cases of domestic violence against men from May 2017 to March 2018. …”
Read the entire article: http://sunnewsonline.com/men-invisible-victims-domestic-violence/
