Annual of social work, Vol. 13 No. 2, 2006.
Review article
VIOLENCE TOWARDS OLDER PERSONS
Silvia Rusac
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to broaden the awareness of violence towards elderly persons. There are not many data on the neglect and abuse of elderly persons in Croatia, nor in the world. That does not mean that it does not exist. The current system pays more attention to violence towards children and women. The paper concisely presents causes and forms of neglect and abuse of older persons, the factors that contribute towards them and the prevention of the same. It also presents some results of the research in the area of abuse and neglect of older persons. Considering the demographic trends in the aging of the population and the increasing number of elderly persons, it is realistic to expect that violence towards older persons is yet to reach »an expansion«.
Keywords
elderly persons; violence towards the elderly; causes and forms of abuse; prevention
Hrčak ID:
7709
URI
Publication date:
20.12.2006.
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