A multi-case exploratory study of the lived experiences of older women, reconciling remaining in abusive relationships due to informal care needs.

越来越多的老年妇女生活在当前或以前的家庭暴力背景下。CSEW提供的最新数据显示，在16-59岁和60-74岁的女性中，受伴侣家庭暴力的终生患病率分别为24.9%和15.9%。1这是第一次收集关于60岁以上女性的数据，而74岁以上的女性仍然是一个未经研究的群体，没有数据可用。然而，被描述为家庭暴力“看不见的受害者”的老年妇女是遭受暴力而没有获得家庭暴力服务的最大群体之一2 3.60岁及以上的人更有可能患有易怒和/或共病，并且在获得支持后更有可能与施暴者同居4。长期遭受与虐待有关的创伤是许多老年妇女因家庭暴力而“变老”的一个特点。实用主义、报应的需要、缺乏选择都是进一步的考虑，表明受害者和犯罪者都可以相信危险的生活，隐藏在门后，在照顾者/照顾的动态中，受害者成为犯罪者，犯罪者成为受害者。到目前为止，还没有关于人际报复现象的文学探索，也就是在这种背景下被称为“报应正义”。这是受害者为所谓的虐待行为向肇事者报复的地方4。目前，英国有1180万65岁或以上的人，160万人年龄在85岁或以上，其中约70%是女性5。预计的人口结构、将护理扩展到社区的动力以及社会护理资金的削减，意味着护理的期望越来越多地落在老龄化人口的脚下。目前，有200多万老年妇女提供无偿护理，超过一半的老年妇女自己有健康状况或残疾。在虐待老年人领域缺乏性别分析，特别是在DV领域，这意味着老年妇女可能得不到她们有权获得的专家支持。因此，本项目将通过加深对性别和年龄等相互关联的因素可能影响对老年DV受害者的支助服务的方式的了解，为政策和实践提供信息。这将对家庭暴力文献作出独特的贡献。该项目与ESRC在解决个人对其护理和支持需求的视角的挑战以及卫生和社会护理服务所面临的挑战密切相关，这也是《卫生和社会护理法》(2012)的主要目标之一。

A growing group of older women are living in the context of current or previous domesticviolence. Latest figures available from the CSEW find lifetime prevalence for women ofdomestic abuse by a partner is 24.9% for 16-59 year olds and 15.9% for 60-74 year olds.1 Thisis the first year that data has been collected on women over 60 and no data is available for thoseaged over 74, who remain an unresearched group.There is a stark absence of research on how older women in abusive relationships manage livingwith and/or caring for a dependent partner. Yet, older women, described as "invisible victims"of domestic violence are one of the largest groups of people experiencing violence not accessingdomestic abuse services2 3. Those aged 60 and above are significantly more likely to have adisability and/or co-morbidities and are more likely to be living with the perpetrator after gettingsupport4. Prolonged exposure to abuse related trauma is a feature of many older women'sexperience of "growing old" with domestic violence. Pragmatism, the need for retribution, lackof options are all further considerations and suggests that both victim and perpetrator can beliving precarious lives, hidden behind closed doors, in a carer/cared for dynamic, where thevictim becomes perpetrator and the perpetrator becomes victim. To date, there has been noliterature exploring the phenomena of interpersonal revenge or "retributive justice" as it hasbeen called in this context. This is where a victim seeks revenge on the perpetrator for theperceived abuse4.There are now 11.8 million people aged 65 or over in the UK, 1.6 million are aged 85 or overand approximately 70% of these are women5. Projected demographics, the impetus to expandcare into the community and cuts in social care funding, means the expectation of caring fallsincreasingly at the feet of an ageing population. Currently, over 2 million older women areproviding unpaid care, and more than half have a health condition or disability themselves6. Alack of gender analysis in the elder abuse field, particularly of DV, means that older womenmay not receive the specialist support that they are entitled to7. The current project will thereforeinform policy and practice by deepening understanding of the way in which gender and age, askey inter-related factors, might be shaping support services for older DV victims. This willmake a unique contribution to domestic violence literature.This project aligns strongly with the ESRC's challenge to address the individual's perspectiveof their care and support needs and the challenges faced by health and social care servicedelivery which is also one of the key aims of the Health and Social Care Act (2012).