Mistreatment and Harassment of Elders (Elder Abuse) in India
by Sumanth Godly
Mistreatment and Harassment of Elders (Elder Abuse) in India by Sumanth Godly Elder abuse, the mistreatment and torture of of older people, though a manifestation of the timeless phenomenon of inter-personal violence is prevalent in India. Still, there is no systematic collection of statistics or prevalence studies, crime records, journalistic reports, social welfare records and small scale studies to provide evidence on existence of abuse, neglect and financial exploitation of elders.
This is an extremely sorry state of affairs. We all will grow old sooner or later. Imagine, being mistreated, verbally abused, denied proper food, proper mediaction and care by younger members of family. Older people are indeed in a very helpless situation with eroding social values system in India. We all must have come across at least one or two cases of elder abuse or mistreatment in our neighbourhood.
In the masculine centric society that we are heading to, the acts of work, wealth creation, enjoyment, hedonism, hyperactivity define the culture. Gone are the feminine centric roles of nurture, care, healing, consideration and empathy. If women get into masculine roles of acting as protector and provider, then some men must come down to the roles of nurturer and healer. A society which drives itself at breakneck speed without out occasional maintenance can have severe wear and tears.
With nuclear family further getting reduced to single parent family, the chance of an elderly person seeing a grandchild is getting remote. Most have to head towards the Old Age Homes. In a morally corrupt country like India, there is no guarrentee that they will not experience severe abuse in Old Age homes as well. Unfortunately, media is glamourising this old age home concept.
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Sumanth Godly
Mistreatment and Harassment of Elders (Elder Abuse) in India by Sumanth Godly Elder abuse, the mistreatment and torture of of older people, though a manifestation of the timeless phenomenon of inter-personal violence is prevalent in India. Still, there is no systematic collection of statistics or prevalence studies, crime records, journalistic reports, social welfare records and small scale studies to provide evidence on existence of abuse, neglect and financial exploitation of elders.
This is an extremely sorry state of affairs. We all will grow old sooner or later. Imagine, being mistreated, verbally abused, denied proper food, proper mediaction and care by younger members of family. Older people are indeed in a very helpless situation with eroding social values system in India. We all must have come across at least one or two cases of elder abuse or mistreatment in our neighbourhood.
In the masculine centric society that we are heading to, the acts of work, wealth creation, enjoyment, hedonism, hyperactivity define the culture. Gone are the feminine centric roles of nurture, care, healing, consideration and empathy. If women get into masculine roles of acting as protector and provider, then some men must come down to the roles of nurturer and healer. A society which drives itself at breakneck speed without out occasional maintenance can have severe wear and tears.
With nuclear family further getting reduced to single parent family, the chance of an elderly person seeing a grandchild is getting remote. Most have to head towards the Old Age Homes. In a morally corrupt country like India, there is no guarrentee that they will not experience severe abuse in Old Age homes as well. Unfortunately, media is glamourising this old age home concept.
For complete story click here.
Sumanth Godly
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