Abuse in Old Age-Epidemiological Data from Finland

Autor:	Sirkka-Liisa Kivelä, Maija-Liisa Ijäs MSpSc, Päivi Köngäs-Saviaro, Kimmo Pahkala, Erkki Kesti
Rok vydání:	1992
Předmět:	education.field_of_study medicine.medical_specialty Population Loneliness Elder abuse Family relations Spouse Epidemiology medicine Geriatrics and Gerontology medicine.symptom education Psychology Psychiatry Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Zdroj:	Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect. 4:1-18
ISSN:	1540-4129 0894-6566
Popis:	The occurence of abuse in old age, the types and places of abuse, and the factors related to it were investigated by interviewing a population aged 65 years or over living in a semi-rural Finnish community. Three percent of the men and 9% of the women said that they had been abused after the age of retirement. Forty-six percent of the abused men and 75% of the abused women had been ill-treated by their spouse, child or other relatives. Friends and unknown persons were more often the abusers in the male cases (54%) but not in the female ones (22%). A common place for this abuse to occur was the elderly person's own home, both among the men (46%) and the women (82%); another 46% of the abused men said that it had happened in the streets, a shop, or an official building. Physical and psychological violence were the most prevalent types of abuse for both sexes. The abused individuals were characterized by poor health, lack of confidants, loneliness, poor satisfaction with life, and poor family relations.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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