Elder Abuse: Emerging Issues, Perpetration and Protection

Elder Abuse:
Emerging issues,
perpetration and
protection.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Concept of Elder Violence & Abuse. .........................................................................................3
Effects and Perpetration of Elder-abuse .....................................................................................5
Remedies available to address the Elder-abuse..........................................................................6
Law relating to Domestic Violence & Abuse.............................................................................7
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
The increased crimes within a nations are credited majorly to elder violence and sexual
abuse cases which are significant public health issue. The proper awareness and education is
being lacked by the people to overcome it. The Governments and various non - profit
organisations in last times have taken up the aim to aware the people in concern of this issue. In
accordance to a Crime Survey for England and Wales, it is estimated that nearby 2.3 million
people of median age group included is 20-74 years have experienced abuse in the year 2020
(Domestic abuse prevalence and trends, England and Wales: year ending March 2020, 2021).
The police of UK specifically highlighted that there is 9% increase in cases of violence from last
year. This year spike in cases was result of Coronavirus pandemic. The aim of this report is to
highlight the effects of elder abuse and the medical remedies available to victims is presented.
Lastly, the related rules and regulations and various steps taken by the Government to control
this is also presented.
Concept of Elder Violence & Abuse.
The term elder is said to a person who is more than the age of 65 or more. Similarly,
elder violence or abuse refers to the setting in which the one member tries to gain control over
others in certain relationship (Shepherd and Brochu, 2020). The behaviour and patterns of
violence and abuse includes injuring, harming, intimidating, blaming, traumatizing emotionally,
mentally, verbally or physically. It includes the mistreatment and abuse of adults in society and
family setting. It is increasing at an speedy rate due to lack of proper definition and authority to
handle specifically, the elder abuse is considered as one branch of domestic violence. The elder
abuse can be faced by any person irrespective of caste, creed, race, religion and sex. The cases of
violence can be faced in family, between partners and in society even. There are various types of
the elder abuse being faced such as;
According to FindLaw’s team, (2018), Physical abuse includes the injuring, hitting, hurting,
wounding someone physically. This is the act of violence with intention to injure the other
person. The other party being injured largely includes the deny of medical treatment even in
emergency also (Domestic Violence and Abuse, 2020).
As per the statements of Bows and Penhale (2018) Sexual abuse is the majorly faced
threat of violence in society. The sexual abuse refers to attacking the other party sexually without

taking the consent and permission of other party. The forms of sexual abuse includes the rape,
harming sexually and even mocking or making demeaning sexual jokes and comments which are
inappropriate in listening. Even these undesirable comments impacts emotionally and harms
latter. It is also referred to molestation which is abusive sexual behaviour via one individual on
other. It covers any type of behaviour by an elder person towards a child or pupils for stimulating
any sort of involved sexually. In nearby 90% of cases, abuser is an individual who is known to a
child.
According to Sherri Gordon, (2020), Emotional abuse often refers to the control and
bullying by the person with intention to defame and make the person to lose the self-confidence
and motivation. The intention is to make the other person weak and self-doubt own capability.
The economic or financial abuse refers to the type of putting the financial restrictions and
putting the latter on dependent for the resources on former party. The intention is to diminish the
own worth of resource and to be dependent on other for the sources to live.
Psychological abuse is use of the words to make them feel confuse and in turn they harm
themselves. The main intention behind this type of violence is to make the person feel weaken
and in that course they are left with the option to harm themselves. The intender just act by
saying and bullying and this causes the physical reaction by the other party (Westwood, 2019).
Stalking crime is also type of threat and violence being done. The irregular pampering which
makes the other feel suffocated is also a type of abuse. This act makes the person to feel shallow
and fear in speaking and the other uses the benefit of this act and makes them mentally weak.
Other increasing crime or abuse is domestic abuse which includes threatening, violent
behaviour and many more at home comprising adult children as well as other adult member of
family. In contrary, people uses the word for reflecting towards their behaviour that is used by an
intimate partner for the purpose of establishing power addition to control on other partner via
fear along with intimidation. To threat others, people are using cyber stalking and cybercrime
wherein an individual is being threatened and followed online. This continuous online tracking
and tracking of activities is done with the intention to harm other party (Roberto and Deater-
Deckard, 2018). The unfair remarks are being made and threat of sharing the photos and videos
is being given it is being more used in dating and social networking sites. Due to which the other
party is being feel depressed and gain the anxiety issues which results in certain physical harm.