Rigorous data are limited, the review provides prevalence estimates of the proportion of older people affected by different types of abuse (see Table 1).ĭata on the extent of the problem in institutions such as hospitals, nursing homesĪnd other long-term care facilities are scarce. A 2017 review of 52 studies in 28 countries from diverse regions estimated that over the past year 1 in 6 people (15.7%) aged 60 years and older were subjected to some form of abuse (1). Scope of the problemĪbuse of older people is an important public health problem. Rights and includes physical, sexual, psychological and emotional abuse financial and material abuse abandonment neglect and serious loss of dignity and respect.
This type of violence constitutes a violation of human
The abuse of older people, also known as elder abuse, is a single or repeated act, or lack of appropriate action, occurring within any relationship where there is an expectation of trust, which causes harm or distress to an older person.
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