Elder Mistreatment in U.S. Community-Dwelling Chinese Older Women. (August 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dong, XinQi; Chen, Ruijia; Simon, Melissa A.
• Is Part Of: Violence against women. Volume 22:Number 9(2016)
• Page Start: 1097
• Page End: 1112
• Publication Date: 2016-08
• Subjects: elder mistreatment -- older women -- Chinese; Abused women -- Periodicals; Women -- Crimes against -- Periodicals; Violent crimes -- Periodicals; Femmes victimes de violence -- Périodiques; Femmes, Crimes contre les -- Périodiques; Crimes violents -- Périodiques; 362.8292
• DOI: 10.1177/1077801215618804
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1077-8012

Abstract

This study explored the prevalence and correlates of elder mistreatment among community-dwelling Chinese women in the U.S. Data were from the Population Study of Chinese Elderly in Chicago (PINE), a population-based study of U.S. Chinese older adults aged 60 years and above. Of the 1, 833 older women, 289 (15.8%) reported suffering from elder mistreatment. Higher educational levels, lower overall health status, and worsening health over the past year were positively correlated with elder mistreatment, while a greater number of children and grandchildren were negatively correlated with elder mistreatment. Considerable efforts should be put into designing tailored interventions to reduce elder mistreatment in U.S. Chinese women.