Våld i nära relationer upphör inte i samband med pensionering. Äldre kvinnor kan utsättas för alla de olika former av våld i nära relationer som drabbar yngre, inklusive sexuellt våld. Det kan dessutom finnas fler möjliga förövare, utöver en partner även vuxna barn, nära släkting eller personal inom vård och omsorg. Forskningen och samhällets instanser har länge förbisett att våld i nära relationer förekommer mot äldre kvinnor. Det har skapat stora kunskapsluckor gällande äldre kvinnors erfarenheter av våld och vilka metoder som är effektiva för att identifiera, förebygga och åtgärda våld mot äldre kvinnor. Behovet av mer kunskap om äldre kvinnors utsatthet och våldsförebyggande arbete är därför stort. Denna studies syfte var att utforska och beskriva verksamma inom tantjourer och kvinnojourers erfarenheter av att möta och ge stöd till våldsutsatta äldre kvinnor. En kvalitativ intervjustudie genomfördes med elva verksamma vid tantjourer och kvinnojourer i Sverige. Genom en reflexiv tematisk analys kategoriserades resultaten i enlighet med fyra framträdande teman; det osynliga offret; det osynliga våldet; den okända hjälpen; och synliggörandet. Studien visade hur intersektioner av kön, ålder, funktionsförmåga och klass samverkar och är kopplade till processer av osynliggörande, vilket sammantaget villkorat äldre kvinnors möjlighet till uppbrott från den person som utsätter dem för våld samt deras och tillgång till stöd och skydd. För att tillgängliggöra stödinsatser till våldsutsatta äldre kvinnor på lika villkor som yngre kvinnor behöver bilden av den våldsutsatta kvinnan, våldsutövaren och hur våld i nära relationer ser ut breddas. Stereotypa föreställningar om äldre personer behöver aktivt utmanas och motverkas för att stödinsatser ska kunna utformas utifrån kvinnans individuella behov och livsomständigheter.  Nyckelord: våld i nära relationer, våld mot äldre kvinnor, kvinnojourer, intersektionalitet / Domestic violence does not end with retirement. Older women can be exposed to all the different forms of domestic abuse that affect younger women, including sexual violence. There may also be more possible perpetrators, in addition to a partner also adult children, close relatives or personnel in health and social care. Both previous research and society have long overlooked that domestic abuse occurs against older women. This has created large knowledge gaps regarding older women's experiences of violence and which methods are effective for identifying, preventing, and remedying violence against older women. Consequently, there is a need for more knowledge about older women's exposure to domestic violence and violence prevention methods. The purpose of this study was to explore and describe experiences of meeting, and supporting older women exposed to violence, through the perspective of employees at women ́s shelters and women ́s shelters directed to older women. A qualitative interview study was conducted with eleven employees at women ́s shelters and women ́s shelters directed to older women in Sweden. Through a reflexive thematic analysis, the results were categorized by four emerging themes; the invisible victim; the invisible violence; the unknown aid; making visible. The study showed how intersections of gender, age, functional ability, and class interacts and are connected to processes of invisibility, which collectively affected older women's opportunity to break free from violence as well as their access to support and protection. For support services to be available for older abused women at equal terms as for younger women, the image of abused women, the perpetrator, and what domestic violence looks like needs to be broadened. Support measures need to be tailored based on women’s individual needs and life circumstances, therefore stereotypical ideas about older people need to be actively challenged and counteracted.  Keywords: domestic violence, elder abuse, women ́s shelters, intersectionality

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Submitted by Aline Batista (alinehb.ufpel@gmail.com) on 2018-03-28T21:55:12Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Tese_Janaína_Amorim_de_Avila.pdf: 3116845 bytes, checksum: 79a50ae79fa8d1ad309cf1b4154c62ce (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-03-28T21:55:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Tese_Janaína_Amorim_de_Avila.pdf: 3116845 bytes, checksum: 79a50ae79fa8d1ad309cf1b4154c62ce (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-10-26 / Sem bolsa / O presente estudo enfocou os profissionais que trabalham em rede pública de atendimento aos idosos negligenciados ou socialmente vulneráveis. O aumento expressivo de pessoas idosas, na sociedade brasileira, e a previsão de um contingente ainda maior nas décadas futuras remetem os profissionais e a sociedade, como um todo, a criar estratégias para diminuir ou acabar com a negligência e a vulnerabilidade social praticada contra a pessoa idosa. O estudo teve como objetivo geral: compreender o significado do atendimento aos idosos negligenciados ou socialmente vulneráveis para os profissionais da rede pública. E quanto aos específicos: Conhecer a organização da rede pública de serviços no atendimento prestado aos idosos negligenciados ou socialmente vulneráveis; Identificar as ações prestadas pelos profissionais que promovem assistência aos idosos negligenciados ou socialmente vulneráveis. Esta pesquisa foi fundamentada na linha do interacionismo simbólico, devido contemplar não só a complexa relação entre a sociedade, indivíduo e rede de serviços de atendimento, mas, também, o desenvolvimento de símbolos significantes e o processo de comportamento da mente, a partir de uma orientação filosófica e de fatos da existência real. A metodologia proposta nessa tese foi de cunho qualitativo, caráter exploratório e de análise de conteúdo somativa. A pesquisa foi aprovada pelo Comitê de ética da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Pelotas sob o parecer de número 2000.242, obedecendo aos preceitos éticos que direcionam a pesquisa com seres humanos no Brasil. A investigação transcorreu no município de Rio Grande/RS, cidade portuária, em que a população idosa apresenta uma estatística superior aos índices nacionais, sendo de 13,81%. A coleta de dados dessa averiguação transcursou por meio de entrevista semiestruturada, no período de abril a maio de 2017, com 21 participantes, sendo que 17 eram do sexo feminino, quatro masculino e na faixa etária entre 25 a 61anos. Quanto ao tempo de vinculação ao serviço variava entre 3 a 20 anos e com relação à formação profissional, 14 dos profissionais possuíam pós-graduação, nas áreas de Saúde Coletiva e Saúde da Família. A técnica de análise de conteúdo somativa ocorreu em três etapas: a pré-análise; a exploração do material que se repetia; a inferência e interpretação. Resultados: as entrevistas com os profissionais permitiram compreender que o profissional é o elo entre os dois mundos no atendimento ao idoso vulnerável e negligenciado, uma vez que ao atuar nesses universos, o profissional manifesta sentimentos diferenciados, ou seja, de satisfação com as resoluções dos casos e de frustração pela falta de apoio e sensibilidade dos gestores públicos em ofertar recursos suficientes para manutenção de um serviço proativo. Acredita-se que a vulnerabilidade e a negligência para o idoso só acabará ou minimizará se houver a mobilização dos profissionais e dos próprios idosos numa parceria de cidadania participativa. / The present study focused on professionals working in a public network of care for the neglected or socially vulnerable elderly. The significant increase in the number of elderly people in Brazilian society and the prediction of an even larger contingent in the coming decades remind professionals and society as a whole to create strategies to reduce or eliminate the neglect and social vulnerability practiced against elderly. The objective of the study was to understand the meaning of care for neglected or socially vulnerable elderly people in the public network. And as for the specific ones: To know the organization of the public network of services in the care provided to the neglected or socially vulnerable elderly; Identify the actions provided by professionals who provide care to the neglected or socially vulnerable elderly. This research was founded on the line of symbolic interactionism, due to not only the complex relationship between society, individual and the service network, but also the development of significant symbols and the process of behavior of the mind, from a philosophical orientation and facts of real existence. The methodology proposed in this thesis was qualitative, exploratory and analysis of summative content. The investigation was carried out in the city of Rio Grande / RS, a port city, where the elderly population has a statistic higher than the national indexes, being 13.81%. As far as the time of connection to the service varied between 3 to 20 years and in relation to the professional formation, 14 of the professionals had postgraduate, in the areas of Collective Health and Family Health. The technique of summative content analysis occurred in three stages: pre-analysis; the exploitation of the material that was repeated; the inference and interpretation. Results: interviews with professionals allowed us to understand that the professional is the link between the two worlds in the care of the vulnerable and neglected elderly, since when working in these universes, the professional expresses different feelings, that is, satisfaction with the resolutions of the cases and frustration due to the lack of support and sensitivity of the public managers in offering sufficient resources to maintain a proactive service. It is believed that vulnerability and neglect for the elderly will only end or be minimized if the professionals and the elderly themselves are mobilized in a participatory citizenship partnership.

In India, issues of gender discrimination and female empowerment have become more prominent in the last several years. Elderly women, specifically widows, are often abandoned or not well cared for by family members and are typically marginalized within Indian society, vulnerable, and susceptible to poverty. This is an exploratory analysis with a research hypothesis asking, who are the caregivers of elderly widows? Statistics indicate that women may be taking on more of a care giving role with elderly widows which in turn may exacerbate the already existing issues of poverty and neglect for this population. The purpose of this study was to examine in more depth the factors related to living arrangements of elderly Indian widows using the NFHS-3 (2005-2006) data set. Quantitative methods of secondary data analysis and systematic literature review are employed in this research. sociological factors related to family self-reported living arrangement, age of widow, education, caste, socioeconomic level, religion, and geographic region were analyzed using data from the respondents identified as older widows (N=2,176). Findings indicate 78% report living alone or in non-familial households while 22% reported living in various familial constellations. The odds of living with a relative versus not living with a relative were found to be significant for three variables: age, religion Muslim, and region Northern. Living arrangements for elderly widows in Indian society are determined based on a complex system of logic embedded in a patrilineal descent, family convention, religion, and regional cultural practices. Understanding these complex factors is important in predicting the needs and available services for this population of vulnerable elderly women.

The aim of this study was to highlight and analyze how the understanding of elder abuse is phrased, enunciated and socially constructed by unit managers and care personnel in elderly care. Despite being globally recognized as a social problem, elder abuse is an under-researched field. The data collection consists of eight qualitative and semistructured interviews with unit manager and care personnel in swedish elderly care. The study has been analyzed by applying a theoretical framework consisting of social constructivism, ageism and role concepts. The results of the study shows that unit manager and care personnel has the tools and ambition to notice and perceive elder abuse. The results also shows that the lack of an coherent definition of elder abuse has an influence in how the phenomenon is constructed by care personnel.

<p>Scams and fraud have become a significant problem for the American population within the past few years. While victims range from young to older adults, it is the seniors who are the major targets. In 2018 the Federal Trade Commission reported that senior citizens aged 60 years and above formed 35% of all the scam victims it recorded. According to the U.S Senate Committee on aging, scams like the grandparent scam, IRS impersonation scam, romance scam; have become popular. Even at this level of notoriety, most victims are usually unaware of it entirely or how its perpetrators commit these crimes. Being aware of the situation is a critical step towards curbing this problem. This thesis project uses User-Centered Design (UCD) to understand, conceptualize, and prototype a solution to promote social interaction while improving the cognitive abilities of seniors and creating awareness about fraud. The design requirements and direction were formed through multivariate research methods like literature review, user interviews, and focus group sessions. The proposed solution is Puppy valley, an app-mediated trivia board game that has a physical wheel and mobile application and uses narratives inspired by real fraud cases to create activities for users to play with. After the research and design, the game was evaluated by five experts, and refinements within the scope of the study were made based on the insights from the evaluation.</p>