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
Abuse and other adversities in community-dwelling older adults in Wales: associations with health and well-being (Public Health Wales, Bangor University and Liverpool John Moores University, 2026)
2026
Summary
Using a sample of 1,085 participants, this report focuses on exposure to abuse and four other adverse experiences since the age of 60, the analyses explore relationships between these experiences and ten poorer health outcomes.
Abuse Type / Focus
Domestic Abuse, Economic Abuse, Institutional Abuse, Neglect, Physical Abuse, Psychological Abuse, Self-Neglect, Sexual Abuse / Ageism
Author / Organisation
Public Health Wales
Title & Year
Understanding the Experiences of Older Victim-Survivors (Dewis Choice, 2026)
2026
Summary
This report explores how organisations can be more inclusive in creating safe spaces within engagement with older adults: relational safe spaces, that can better facilitate older victim-survivors to disclose abuse and seek ongoing support.
Abuse Type / Focus
Domestic Abuse, Economic Abuse, Institutional Abuse, Neglect, Physical Abuse, Psychological Abuse, Self-Neglect, Sexual Abuse / Ageism
Author / Organisation
Dewis Choice
Summary
This report presents the findings of a survey conducted by HCR Law, aimed at investigating the prevalence and impact of financial abuse affecting older and vulnerable adults in England and Wales, including those with limited mental capacity.
Abuse Type / Focus
Economic Abuse / Power of Attorney
Author / Organisation
HCR Law
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 / Power of Attorney
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