TABLE 1.

Intimate Partner Violence News Stories November 2008-October 2009qualitative study of older women’s reasons for remaining in abusive relationships

Type of Story	No. of Cases	Victim’s Gender	Perpetrator’s Gender	Notes
Murder-Suicide	37	Female	Male	Typically spousal caregiving situation; speculation that health & financial problems were motives
	3	Male	Female	Two cases there was a history of domestic violence & the couple were separating; the other case named no motive
	12	Unknown	Unknown
Murder	14	Female	Male	Majority were divorce or separation- related; three were related to caregiver neglect
	6	Male	Female	Half of the women said they acted in self-defense
Attempted Murder-Suicide or Attempted Murder	13	Female	Male	In two attempted cases, the surviving women said they were shocked by their husbands behavior
Physical Abuse	7	Female	Male	Three cases involved new boyfriends who were at least 20 years younger than the women; four cases were spousal violence
	4	Male	Female	Two cases were related to extreme neglect and abuse
Caregiver Mistreatment	2	Female	Male	One case a man chained his wife to himself to prevent wandering; one case a man left his wife alone and she became lost
Financial Exploitation	2	Male	Female	Presented as pre-meditated schemes perpetrated by a long-term significant other
Total Cases	100