The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA), together with its focal point on ageing in the Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD), recently published a document titled ‘Neglect, Abuse and Violence against Older Women’. The publication aims at presenting an overview of the current state of knowledge about abuse of older women. Different forms of abuse are looked at, including neglect, physical, sexual and psychological abuse, financial abuse and exploitation and self-neglect. The publication also discusses the challenges associated to establishing prevalence rates on abuse of older women; it identifies risk factors and provides a summary of study findings on the consequences of abuse. Furthermore, it provides an overview of preventive measures (plus findings on their effectiveness) for addressing the issue, and it examines the main approaches to combatting violence against older women, as well as key interventions (policies and programmes) and their effectiveness.
Neglect, Abuse & Violence Against Older Women – Report
Извор: WUNRN – 06.02.2014
