Domestic Violence in the Second Half of Life |
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| Authors: | Monica Leisey PhD MSW Paula K. Kupstas PhD Aly Cooper |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Social Work , Virginia Commonwealth University , Richmond, Virginia, USA leiseymr@vcu.edu;3. Virginia Center on Aging , Virginia Commonwealth University , Richmond, Virginia, USA;4. Central Virginia Task Force on Older Battered Women , Richmond, Virginia, USA |
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| Abstract: | Providing an adequate and effective community response to women age 50 and older who experience domestic violence is complicated by the oftentimes disparate goals and expectations of service providers, emergency responders, and victims themselves. This article shares information provided by participants of focus groups designed to understand and identify what women age 50 and older want and need from agencies that provide services to enhance victim safety. |
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| Keywords: | domestic violence focus groups older women |
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