Status of Women committee  I think the point Lynn was making is that in term of looking at risk factors for the different types of abuse, there has been a tendency to homogenize, to put all those different kinds of abuse together. There may be some types of abuse where men are more vulnerable than women an

Status of Women committee  Because there are more women.

Status of Women committee  We're on the same team.

Status of Women committee  People: men and women. Older people aged 60 and over die from homicides every year, a third of which were perpetrated by a family member.

Status of Women committee  In my personal opinion, I think that Canada is doing as well or as poorly as the other countries. It's not that there's anybody else that's done a better job than we have. We're all in about the same boat of not really knowing what the best thing to do is. Different countries h

Status of Women committee  The question is, have we seen models of different countries...?

Status of Women committee  The risk factors for the different types of abuse seem to be different, or the weighting of them. What will apply for financial abuse may not necessarily be exactly the same set of risk factors as you see for physical abuse. Similarly, when you try to apply theories, as Lynn was

Status of Women committee  Thank you. Elder abuse is very much a women's issue. It is fact that, even after adjusting for greater numbers, proportionally more older women than older men are abused. It's also fact that abused older women seeking help are often in situations of triple jeopardy, experiencin