Status of Women committee  One of the things I mentioned is that we need to hear more from older women themselves, from groups that represent older women. The second thing is that while I very much appreciate the concern with protecting—that has to be there, because for some of these older women there ar

Status of Women committee  I am also talking about the ageism that permeates our society, even in the health care services. There is research documenting it.

Status of Women committee  I'm not sure specifically which services, but it's about the principles by which we provide services and the ways we understand the complexity of that tension between protection and empowerment. In some situations it's going to go more towards one side, and in other situations mo

Status of Women committee  I can't speak to those prevalent statistics about abuse against older women because we really don't have them in a way that's comparable. However, I agree with your concern about Canada and the need to continue to look at health issues and social issues with a gendered lens rat

Status of Women committee  It's hard to do that in one minute. But I think that even without abuse we're looking at interventions with people in situations in which you may have an older couple with, as Dr. Beaulieu mentioned, other factors in the environment, either supportive factors, or problem factors

Status of Women committee  Being an academic, it's hard for me to give a black and white response. I don't think seniors in and of themselves are vulnerable. My parents are 85 years old. I think they would really resent it being said that they were vulnerable.

Status of Women committee  Not all abuse against older women is physical. I think it's a minority--

Status of Women committee  I'm a social worker, not a doctor or nurse.

Status of Women committee  I have to catch a flight. I was told that it would be finished at 4:30 p.m.

Status of Women committee  Thank you. Madam Chair, honourable committee members, ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for inviting me here to talk about this important issue. As you no doubt already know, intimate partner abuse against older women is a problem that falls between two major areas. The