a Klawsnik & Klawsnik Associates , Canton , MA , USA.
b National Adult Protective Services Association , Washington , DC , USA.
J Elder Abuse Negl. 2017 Nov-Dec;29(5):299-312. doi: 10.1080/08946566.2017.1388019. Epub 2017 Nov 21.
In contrast to work within the child-abuse field, polyvictimization of older adults did not become a focus of professional attention until this decade. Despite this lack of formal identification, a search of the research and practice literature revealed that prior research investigating single forms of or other elder abuse issues contained evidence of what was variously termed "multiple," "multi-faceted," "co-occurring," or "hybrid" elder abuse. A wide range of victims (1.4%-89.7%) identified in existing elder abuse studies was found to have experienced what constitutes "polyvictimization." This late-life polyvictimization evidence, the contexts in which victims are harmed, and information regarding the impact of multifaceted elder abuse are all presented and discussed in this article. Selected published cases illustrate the clinical dynamics operating in late-life polyvictimization situations.
与儿童虐待领域的工作形成鲜明对比的是，直到这十年，老年人的多受害者现象才成为专业关注的焦点。尽管缺乏正式的认定，但对研究和实践文献的检索表明，先前研究单一形式或其他老年虐待问题的研究包含了被不同地称为“多种”、“多方面”、“同时发生”或“混合”老年虐待的证据。在现有的老年虐待研究中，发现了广泛的受害者（1.4%-89.7%）经历了构成“多受害者”的情况。本文介绍并讨论了这种晚年多受害者的证据、受害者受害的背景以及多方面老年虐待的影响信息。所选的已发表案例说明了在晚年多受害者情况下运作的临床动态。
