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Findings that one of three women worldwide have suffered domestic abuse are horrifying, and attention and resources is rightly drawn to their plight. But there is another, even less recognised, pandemic of violence which COVID-19 restrictions have worsened: the pandemic of elder abuse.
Sons and daughters are overwhelmingly the perpetrators of elder abuse, be it physical, financial, or mental, according to a report that analysed thousands of allegations made over a seven-year period.
Jun 15, 2022 · Elder abuse is a violation of human rights. It includes physical, sexual, psychological and emotional abuse, but also financial and material abuse, abandonment, neglect, and serious loss of...
Jun 15, 2020 · As today is World Elder Abuse Day, Age UK has three recommendations to improve the odds for older people like Grace: 1. We need to know how common cases of domestic abuse are in older people. We don’t have a clear picture of how prevalent the domestic abuse was before the pandemic.
May 25, 2021 · A study in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry suggests that 1 in 5 older people has experienced elder abuse during the pandemic, a jump of nearly 84% over pre-pandemic estimates. “We know that violence tends to surge during social unrest and troubled times, especially abuse that happens behind closed doors.
Nov 25, 2021 · In the year to March 2020 alone, the police recorded 758 941 domestic abuse related crimes in England and Wales, including 24 856 offences of coercive control.
Sep 23, 2022 · Elder abuse has been recognized as a serious problem for decades. Yet rigorous studies are rare. Burnes and colleagues move the field forward by identifying how pervasive the problem is, the ...
