Domestic Violence against Elderly People: A Case Study of India - Advances in Aging Research

AAR > Vol.5 No.5, September 2016

Advances in Aging Research

Volume 5, Issue 5 (September 2016)

ISSN Print: 2169-0499 ISSN Online: 2169-0502

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Domestic Violence against Elderly People: A Case Study of India ()

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DOI: 10.4236/aar.2016.55011 3,950 Downloads 20,047 Views Citations

Author(s)

Punita Govil, Swati Gupta

Affiliation(s)

Aligarh Muslim University (A.M.U.), Aligarh, India.

ABSTRACT

The present demographic scenario of the country shows the rising trend of adult population. According to census report 2011, there are 60.3% people belonging to 15 to 59 years of age group and the percentage of people above 60+ age is 8.6%. Our country fails to provide due respect, care, affection, security and health related facilities, which elderly people utmost require. A number of cases of adult abuses are reported in news papers as these people are easy victims of violence and criminal activities. The society comes to know about only those problems, which are reported, the innumerable cases of disrespect and neglect are not given any consideration. The situation becomes all the more worst when perpetrators are very near relatives and in some cases blood relatives also. This growing insensitiveness is a threat to our society. Sincere efforts are needed to tackle this alarming problem. The present paper describes the available data [1]-[3] on the old people, their dependence ratio, the problems being faced by them and suggestive measures to provide social and emotional security to them.

KEYWORDS

Domestic Violence, Elderly Abuse, Violent Offenders, Bullying against Elders

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Govil, P. and Gupta, S. (2016) Domestic Violence against Elderly People: A Case Study of India. Advances in Aging Research, 5, 110-121. doi: 10.4236/aar.2016.55011.

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