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Elder Abuse in the Canadian LGBTQ2SA+ Community: Qualitative and Quantitative Findings
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This Special Event was presented and recorded on September 10, 2024.
Presented by Dr. Gloria Gutman and Dr. Claire Robson.
Queer and trans older adults have lived through times when their sexual orientation/gender identity was criminalized and pathologized.
In this Special Event, Dr. Gloria Gutman and Dr. Claire Robson will share information on the lived experience of transwomen, gay men and lesbians including financial abuse, physical and sexual abuse, psychological abuse and neglect within partner relationships, in residential care, in home care, and from religious organizations. This part of the presentation is drawn from in-depth interviews excerpted in their book, published with Dr. Jen Marchbank and Makaela Prentice, titled “Elder Abuse in the LGBTQ2SA+ Community: The Impact of Homophobia and Transphobia”.
Part 2 of the presentation draws from analysis of data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging conducted by Drs. Gutman, Heather Stewart and Mojgan Karbakhsh. These analyses provide numbers not previously available, comparing rates not just by abuse type but also by victim sexual orientation/gender identity (SOGI). Perpetrator characteristics across abuse types and SOGI groups will also be reported - with some interesting differences highlighted.
This Special Event was co-hosted by the Learning Network and Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario
Special Event Recording
Learning Objectives
By participating in this Special Event, participants will enhance their ability to:
- Understand the nature, impact, and conditions of LGBTQ2SA+ elder abuse including the impact over the life course of homophobia and transphobia
- Acknowledge the incidence and prevalence of LGBTQ2SA+ elder abuse as compared with the abuse of heterosexual cisgendered individuals
- Offer recommendations for health and social care providers, others working with/advocating on behalf of older adults, as well as researchers
Speakers
Gloria Gutman, PhD is Professor/Director Emerita at the Simon Fraser University Gerontology Research Centre and Gerontology Department. Her awards and honours include the prestigious Rosalie Wolf Memorial Award – International category, conferred in 2005 for her long term support of elder abuse research and prevention. Currently, she is on the Board of Directors of the International Network for Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA), and two provincial organizations concerned with elder abuse: BC Community Response Networks and Seniors First BC. Previously she was a member of the National Initiative for Care of the Elderly’s Elder Abuse Theme Team. Her current research and advocacy is focused on elder abuse in marginalized groups and ethnic minorities.
Dr. Claire Robson, an adjunct professor at Simon Fraser University, is a writer and researcher and lead researcher on The Indigo Project – a collaboration between Simon Fraser University and QMUNITY (BC’s resource centre for LGBTQ2sA+ people). She is the author of Love in Good Time, Writing for Change, and Writing Beyond Recognition. In 2022, she began working with Dr. Jen Marchbank, Dr. Gloria Gutman, and Makaela Prentice on the Indigo Project. Subsequently the team co-authored Elder Abuse in the LGBTQ2SA+ community: The Impact of Homophobia and Transphobia, a book featuring the narratives of nine GSM survivors of elder abuse.
This Special Event was presented and recorded on September 10, 2024.
Presented by Dr. Gloria Gutman and Dr. Claire Robson.
This Special Event was co-hosted by the Learning Network and Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario
Queer and trans older adults have lived through times when their sexual orientation/gender identity was criminalized and pathologized.
In this Special Event, Dr. Gloria Gutman and Dr. Claire Robson will share information on the lived experience of transwomen, gay men and lesbians including financial abuse, physical and sexual abuse, psychological abuse and neglect within partner relationships, in residential care, in home care, and from religious organizations. This part of the presentation is drawn from in-depth interviews excerpted in their book, published with Dr. Jen Marchbank and Makaela Prentice, titled “Elder Abuse in the LGBTQ2SA+ Community: The Impact of Homophobia and Transphobia”.
Part 2 of the presentation draws from analysis of data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging conducted by Drs. Gutman, Heather Stewart and Mojgan Karbakhsh. These analyses provide numbers not previously available, comparing rates not just by abuse type but also by victim sexual orientation/gender identity (SOGI). Perpetrator characteristics across abuse types and SOGI groups will also be reported - with some interesting differences highlighted.
Learning Objectives
By participating in this Special Event, participants will enhance their ability to:
- Understand the nature, impact, and conditions of LGBTQ2SA+ elder abuse including the impact over the life course of homophobia and transphobia
- Acknowledge the incidence and prevalence of LGBTQ2SA+ elder abuse as compared with the abuse of heterosexual cisgendered individuals
- Offer recommendations for health and social care providers, others working with/advocating on behalf of older adults, as well as researchers
Speakers
Gloria Gutman, PhD is Professor/Director Emerita at the Simon Fraser University Gerontology Research Centre and Gerontology Department. Her awards and honours include the prestigious Rosalie Wolf Memorial Award – International category, conferred in 2005 for her long term support of elder abuse research and prevention. Currently, she is on the Board of Directors of the International Network for Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA), and two provincial organizations concerned with elder abuse: BC Community Response Networks and Seniors First BC. Previously she was a member of the National Initiative for Care of the Elderly’s Elder Abuse Theme Team. Her current research and advocacy is focused on elder abuse in marginalized groups and ethnic minorities.
Dr. Claire Robson, an adjunct professor at Simon Fraser University, is a writer and researcher and lead researcher on The Indigo Project – a collaboration between Simon Fraser University and QMUNITY (BC’s resource centre for LGBTQ2sA+ people). She is the author of Love in Good Time, Writing for Change, and Writing Beyond Recognition. In 2022, she began working with Dr. Jen Marchbank, Dr. Gloria Gutman, and Makaela Prentice on the Indigo Project. Subsequently the team co-authored Elder Abuse in the LGBTQ2SA+ community: The Impact of Homophobia and Transphobia, a book featuring the narratives of nine GSM survivors of elder abuse.
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