“While we have a sound evidence base for the prevention of violence against women, we know less about what causes, and what works to reduce, other forms of family violence including elder abuse…”
The Older People: Equity, Respect and Ageing (OPERA) Project responds to this current gap in the evidence. While there is not yet a clear consensus, the literature suggests that ageism, including stereotyping and discrimination against individuals or groups on the basis of their age, is a contributing factor to elder abuse.
Based on this assumption, the focus of OPERA was to explore how ageism plays out in the day-to-day experiences of older people, to better understand its trajectory towards elder abuse.
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