Research on Abuse and Violence Against the Elderly in a Family Setting

• Authors: Danijela Lahe
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article calls for attention to the problem of violence and abuse of the elderly within their family, partnership, and relationships with relatives in the postmodern society. The outcomes of the research, carried out on a sample of the elderly people within different residence settings are presented. Results show that all kinds of violence and abuse are present in all kinds of settings, except in the residence with relatives, where sexual abuse was not noticed. Physical and sexual violence and abuse is mostly present in the households in which the elderly live with their partner, while psychical violence is present in the households with relatives. Material violence and abuse are present in case of elderly people who live alone. Both, men and women, experience most violence and abuse in their flats.

Keywords

EN

family; the elderly; violence and abuse; postmodern society

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Acta Technologica Dubnicae
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 16-28

Dates

published

2011-12-01

online

2015-07-16

Contributors

author

Danijela Lahe

• Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor, Slovenia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/atd-2015-0042