Physical abuse is not only confined to intimate relationships, but to all relationships. Elderly people are also vulnerable to abuse. Approximately 6% of the elderly population suffer abuse. The Irish Health Service Executive indicates that 37% of referrals for elder abuse were on behalf of men and 63% on behalf
Monthly Archives: November 2015
The nature of physical abuse
It may be difficult for those who have never experienced abuse to believe that such barbarous acts can happen in an intimate relationship. However, the list of physical abuse is long and horrifying. Physical abusers strike, punch, shove, and slap. They may hit their victims with objects or throw objects
Domestic violence can bring serious injury
Other women tell stories that show violence that is more obvious. Elaine Weiss’s blog contains stories of women knocked unconscious by blows to the face sufficiently powerful to send them hurtling across the room. Another story reveals how a man scratched his name on different parts of his wife’s body.