2021 •
Understanding and Responding to the Needs of Older Women Who Have Experienced Mistreatment
Authors:
Caroline Pelletier, Marie Beaulieu, Françoise Le Borgne-Uguen
Abstract:
Few scientific studies present gender-based analyses on the subject of mistreatment experienced by older women. Nevertheless, women who have lived through such a situation can suffer serious consequences in their daily lives. How do they react when they have been mistreated? How do they express a request for help—or do they ask at all? This chapter presents the findings from research carried out in Quebec (Canada), as part of a doctoral dissertation that uses a phenomenological research design, and that seeks to better understand older womenâ (...)
Few scientific studies present gender-based analyses on the subject of mistreatment experienced by older women. Nevertheless, women who have lived through such a situation can suffer serious consequences in their daily lives. How do they react when they have been mistreated? How do they express a request for help—or do they ask at all? This chapter presents the findings from research carried out in Quebec (Canada), as part of a doctoral dissertation that uses a phenomenological research design, and that seeks to better understand older women’s experience of mistreatment, the decision-making process that leads them to ask—or not ask—for help in this context, and the significance they attribute to this request for help. The chapter begins with a description of the state of knowledge on mistreatment of older adults and the objectives to, and incentives for, asking for help following an episode of mistreatment. Next, it presents the methodological approach, from data collection through to their analysis using NVivo software, and a sample composed of five women aged between 71 and 77. Semi-directed, qualitative interviews were held with these women. This section is followed by a diagrammatic conceptual framework for the main findings drawn from a review of the literature and an analysis of the data. Finally, avenues are suggested so that more mistreated older women will be encouraged to break the silence about their experiences and share their stories with someone they trust. (Read More)
Caroline Pelletier, Marie Beaulieu, Françoise Le Borgne-Uguen
N/A ·
2021
Social psychology |
Applied psychology |
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