Research & Reports
We invite researchers and organisations to contribute to a growing online repository dedicated to safer ageing. If you have research, reports, or evidence-based resources related to this critical area, please submit them via email to knowledgebank@wearehourglass.org. Together, we can share knowledge and promote safer ageing for all.
Title & Year
Summary
Abuse Type / Focus
Author / Organisation
Title & Year
Northern Ireland - Analysis of Clearance Rates (2017)
2017
Summary
This research endeavours to illuminate any ongoing trends in crimes against older victims in Northern Ireland, and the PSNI response to it to see whether clearance rates have improved since 2010 for victims over 65 in Northern Ireland.
Abuse Type / Focus
Domestic Abuse, Economic Abuse, Institutional Abuse, Neglect, Physical Abuse, Psychological Abuse, Self-Neglect, Sexual Abuse / Ageism
Author / Organisation
Hourglass
Title & Year
Beyond Good Intentions: A Review of the Adult Protection Bill as Introduced (Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland, 2025)
2025
Summary
Drawing on investigative experience and engagement with Department of Health’s Adult Safeguarding Unit, this review sets out the Commissioner’s initial assessment of some of the key provisions within the Adult Safeguarding Bill in Northern Ireland.
Abuse Type / Focus
Domestic Abuse, Economic Abuse, Institutional Abuse, Neglect, Physical Abuse, Psychological Abuse, Self-Neglect, Sexual Abuse / Abuse by Professionals
Author / Organisation
Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland
Title & Year
Economic Abuse Awareness (Hodge Bank and Hourglass, 2021)
2021
Summary
In September 2021, Hourglass and Hodge Bank collaborated on a survey to gain insights into the scale of financial/economic abuse, and the impact of the digital divide.
Abuse Type / Focus
Economic Abuse / Ageism
Author / Organisation
Hourglass
Title & Year
Safer Ageing Index Part 1 - Last in Line (2021)
2021
Summary
This paper looks at the current levels of discourse around the abuse of older people within government and our political systems and the general public, and the level of public commitment to tackling the issue.
Abuse Type / Focus
Domestic Abuse, Economic Abuse, Institutional Abuse, Neglect, Physical Abuse, Psychological Abuse, Self-Neglect, Sexual Abuse / Ageism
Author / Organisation
Hourglass
Summary
In order to better understand the lived experiences of older people during the pandemic, subsequent lockdowns and periods of restrictions, Hourglass commissioned a UK-wide poll seeking the views of older people.
Abuse Type / Focus
Domestic Abuse, Economic Abuse, Institutional Abuse, Neglect, Physical Abuse, Psychological Abuse, Self-Neglect, Sexual Abuse / Ageism
Author / Organisation
Hourglass
Title & Year
What Does Growing Old in the UK Look Like? (2020)
2020
Summary
Research produced by Hourglass in 2020 revealed that more than a fifth of the UK public have personally experienced abuse as an older person (65+) or know someone who has been abused.
Abuse Type / Focus
Domestic Abuse, Economic Abuse, Institutional Abuse, Neglect, Physical Abuse, Psychological Abuse, Self-Neglect, Sexual Abuse / Ageism
Author / Organisation
Hourglass
Summary
This paper will suggest that at a minimum, the total yearly social and economic cost of the abuse of older people is over £16 billion, and that this figure is most definitely an underestimate.
Abuse Type / Focus
Economic Abuse / Ageism
Author / Organisation
Hourglass
Summary
Economic abuse is a crime, and older people are key victims and victim-survivors of such abuse. But this abuse and the costs to the victim, society and the economy are hidden and all too often ignored.
Abuse Type / Focus
Economic Abuse / Ageism
Author / Organisation
Hourglass