Domestic Violence

Program Helps Older Women Victims

Published in Women's Health Weekly, July 19th, 2001

The Women's Health Program at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine, Ohio, is creating a pilot program to better understand and address domestic abuse of older women, a significantly under-reported problem in the United States.

According to the 1998 report The National Elder Abuse Incidence Study by the U.S. Administration on Aging, for every one substantiated case of elder abuse, there are more than five times as many unreported incidents and older women are abused at significantly higher rates than older men.

"Domestic abuse is a widespread national problem," said Barbara Rinto, MPA, administrator of the Women's Health Program. "In...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2001-07-19)

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