For elderly victims of domestic violence, physical, emotional and sexual abuse has often desecrated the relationship even before the couple married."Domestic violence can be present throughout a marriage of 40, 50, even 60 years, starting when the couple is dating, carrying on through the woman's pregnancies and continuing even when they are elderly," says Bonnie Brandl, a director with the Madison, Wis.-based National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life (ncall.us). | Link