Elderly Persons Abused

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2020: The abuse of older persons can be of various kinds. It may physical, verbal, sexual, financial or even grave neglect by family members, say experts.

Mumbai: Police, advocates and entrepreneurs have launched mobile apps and panic buttons to report abuse against the elderly in India, where the number of older people living alone has risen, yet talking about their mistreatment remains taboo. In India, traditionally, older people are honoured and multi-generational families live together. But with...

A majority of older persons face elder abuse all the time throughout their old age irrespective of their financial or social status, health condition and role in their respective family according to a study.

Abuse of the elderly doubled in 2014 from the previous year, according to study by HelpAge India, the NGO. The study also revealed that 50 per cent of senior citizens it surveyed reported that they had personally encountered abuse.

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2020: The abuse of older persons can be of various kinds. It may physical, verbal, sexual, financial or even grave neglect by family members, say experts.

Mumbai: Police, advocates and entrepreneurs have launched mobile apps and panic buttons to report abuse against the elderly in India, where the number of older people living alone has risen, yet talking about their mistreatment remains taboo. In India, traditionally, older people are honoured and multi-generational families live together. But with...

A majority of older persons face elder abuse all the time throughout their old age irrespective of their financial or social status, health condition and role in their respective family according to a study.

Abuse of the elderly doubled in 2014 from the previous year, according to study by HelpAge India, the NGO. The study also revealed that 50 per cent of senior citizens it surveyed reported that they had personally encountered abuse.