TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Exploring coping strategies among older women who have experienced intimate partner violence during COVID-19
JO  - Violence against women
A1  - Safar, Christina
A1  - Jackson, Kimberley T.
A1  - Irwin, Jennifer D.
A1  - Mantler, Tara
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - This interpretive description study explored coping among older women in Ontario experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) during COVID-19. Twelve in-depth interviews with older women found age-related normative beliefs played a role in how older women viewed their lives and how they looked beyond their experiences of IPV. Their roles as caretakers and homemakers influenced their response to IPV, and COVID-19 exacerbated feelings of lost time and loneliness. Coping strategies consisted of social support, including telephone formal services and physical activities. Women expressed a lack of appropriate services and financial limitations as barriers. They identified the need for age-appropriate services that acknowledge their unique experiences.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1077-8012
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10778012231188086
ID  - ref1
ER  -