Thompson Edward H, Buxton William, Gough P Casey, Wahle Cara
Gerontology Studies Program, College of the Holy Cross, 1 College St, Worcester, MA 01610-2395, USA.
J Elder Abuse Negl. 2007;19(1-2):129-51, table of contents. doi: 10.1300/J084v19n01_09.
We aim to detail some of the ways that social policy and gendered practices put older men at risk of elder mistreatment. Research on the abuse and neglect that older adults experience has often focused on the characteristics of the victims and the dynamics within families, emphasizing factors such as the likelihood of an intergenerational cycle of violence, substance abuse and dependency, and older men's financial status as key risks in elder abuse. The effect on men from this type of analysis is that elder mistreatment remains an individual or family problem rather than being viewed as a larger societal concern. This article challenges the individualistic focus by outlining the importance of societal forces affecting older men's risk of mistreatment.
我们旨在详细阐述社会政策和性别化做法使老年男性面临虐待风险的一些方式。关于老年人所遭受的虐待和忽视的研究，通常聚焦于受害者的特征以及家庭内部的动态关系，强调诸如代际暴力循环的可能性、药物滥用和依赖，以及老年男性的经济状况等因素是虐待老年人的关键风险。这种分析方式对男性的影响在于，虐待老年人仍被视为个人或家庭问题，而非更大范围的社会关切。本文通过概述影响老年男性受虐待风险的社会力量的重要性，对这种个人主义的关注点提出了质疑。
