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more-inA survey by HelpAge India on abuse of elders has revealed that old people are more likely to face abuse from their sons rather than their daughters-in-law. Similarly, the common forms of abuse were verbal abuse, disrespect and neglect, the survey found. The survey report, titled ‘Elder abuse in India 2018 – changing cultural and impact of technology,’ released here on Thursday, a day ahead of the World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, points out that 52 % of elders nation-wide perceived their sons to be the perpetrators while only 34 % said that their daughter-in-law were the perpetrators. The survey was conducted in 23 cities across the country by interviewing 5,014 elders. Officials of the Department of Social Welfare, school children, law college students and many elders were present during the release of the report..