Majority of India’s elderly population face misbehaviour, mistreatment

By: Agencies | | Updated: July 20, 2014 1:42 pm

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A recent survey found that mistreatment or misbehaviour is the most common form of abuse faced by the elderly in India.

The survey was conducted by The Agewell Foundation that works for the welfare and empowerment of the elderly. It included 50,000 elderly participants from 300 districts across the country. The Foundation reported that 10,452 (36.94 per cent) respondents out of 28,295 ranked mistreatment as the most common form of abuse. About 6,204 respondents (21.78 per cent) voted for restrictions in their social life by family members as a common abuse faced by them. Nearly, 29,693 claimed that they are self-dependent so far as financial independence is concerned. (Read: 10 conditions that ail the elderly)

Of the total 50,000 elderly persons interviewed during the survey, as many as 28,295 (56.6 per cent) said that they face harassment over house or land property, even though many of them are the owners of their properties. Under the ‘social status in old age’ category, 47.5 per cent respondents said that social environment status of their family and society is respectable, while the majority (52.5 per cent) find it not respectful. (Read: What every dementia or Alzheimer’s caregiver ought to know)

Source: PTI

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Published : July 20, 2014 1:30 pm | Updated:July 20, 2014 1:42 pm

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