Elder Abuse: A Longitudinal Prospective Study of Perpetrators and Victims

该项目旨在提高现有数据的质量，填补澳大利亚在有关虐待老年人的知识方面的主要空白。这项研究具有重要意义，因为它旨在产生关于虐待和忽视老年妇女的肇事者和受害者的新知识。澳大利亚总检察长委员会明确指出，有必要对虐待老年人的人口流行率进行进一步研究。预期的项目成果将是确定澳大利亚虐待老年人的流行率、原因和后果，目的是对虐待老年人的人口流行率进行可靠和有效的估计，并确定遭受虐待老年人的妇女的早期生活和当前情况。

This project aims to improve the quality of the available data and fill major gaps in knowledge about elder abuse in Australia. The study is significant as it aims to generate new knowledge about the perpetrators and victims of abuse and neglect of older women. The Council of Attorneys’ General of Australia has explicitly prioritised this need for further research on the population prevalence of elder abuse. The anticipated project outcomes will be to identify the prevalence, causes and consequences of elder abuse in Australia, with the intended benefit of the development of reliable and validated estimates of the population prevalence of elder abuse and identify the early life and current circumstances of women who experience elder abuse.