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What is Old Age Homes

Chapter 5
Handbook of Research on Geriatric Health, Treatment, and Care
Homes for the aged are ideal for elderly people who are alone, face health problems, depression and loneliness.
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Management of Elder Abuse Through Social Support
Akbar Husain (Aligarh Muslim University, India) and Nongzaimayum Tawfeeq Alee (Aligarh Muslim University, India)
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 12
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3480-8.ch005
Abstract
This chapter is an attempt to highlight the numerous ways in which elders are abused in our society and the ways to support them. A concise account in ways elders are vulnerable and how they are exploited are discussed in the chapter as well as remedies to these problems. The chapter includes types of abuse faced by elders and the consequences they face due to it. It also discusses Social Support as the main remedy, social support as an acronym of 13 types of social support. The chapter concludes by recommendation of how elder abuse can be stopped or at least controlled.
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