
Financial abuse is abuse!
Just as we tend to forget about psychological violence and abuse, we tend to underestimate financial abuse. Yet, losing your capacity to make decisions over your own savings and spending
Combating elder abuse requires to promote older people’s human rights
To protect older people from poor treatment and practices, and to empower them to speak up, countries increasingly acknowledge social policy must move from a needs-based approach to a rights-based
Preventing elder abuse: educational resources from collaborative projects
Ageism is increasingly recognised as a root cause for elder abuse. Because of this ageist lens, older people are seen as different, without the same rights as the rest of
Looking into elder abuse beyond the context of care: a pervasive societal phenomenon driven by ageism
Silvia Perel-Levin elaborates on the need to go beyond the narrow focus on elder abuse as associated only with care settings, in order to realise that ageism translates into a
On tue les vieux !
L’exclamation du Professeur Jacques Soubeyrand en 2006 a résonné avec l’expérience de cette aidante proche d’une parente décédée après 17 ans à vivre avec une maladie neurodégénérative. Sur-médicamentation, sous-alimentation, sédation… son témoignage
Older women: the right to be free from violence
Violence against older women is a severe human rights abuse. It is one of the worst manifestations of ageism and sexism that is deeply stereotyped and tolerated by social norms.
Telefono Anziani Maltrattati: an Italian helpline for victims of elder abuse
When speaking of dependent older people, isolation and – most of all – poor quality care services are fertile ground on which abuse and crime can flourish. Telefono Anziani Maltrattati
Addressing intimate partner abuse: are we ageist?
Several years ago, Liat Ayalon’s student, Ms. Rachely Yechezkel, became increasingly interested in a specific aspect of elder abuse, known as intimate partner violence. Liat gives us a snapshot of their
Respect Seniors
Basée à Namur, dans le sud de la Belgique, Respect Seniors est la dénomination courante de l’Agence wallonne de lutte contre la maltraitance des aînés. Cette permanence téléphonique est accessible à