Summary:
The most common forms of abuse experienced by elder people were disrespect, verbal abuse, neglect, economic exploitation and physical assault such as beating and slapping. Mangaluru reported 47% of abuse with senior citizens complaining of harassment of different forms. Consistency/logical check on all indicators were conducted and found in sync with each other,’’ he added. “However, reporting on elder abuse varies depending on social and cultural factors like - how normalized the local community is about the issue and discuss/accept it openly, whether as a community they are introvert/extrovert and those who see it through pure social/cultural prism, will be more closed, etc. The other cities were Ahmedabad (46%), Bhopal (39%), Amritsar (35%), Delhi (33%), Kanpur (30%), Chennai (27%), Bengaluru (26%), Hyderabad (24%) and Kolkata (23%)..