ELDER ABUSE: A GREAT CONCERN FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE LIVING IN OLD AGE HOMES

Elder Abuse is not new phenomena for present society. If one studies the ancient societies; one will find the elder abuse happened in every era. Elder abuse is arising as a curse for every Elderly today. The Elderly presents special and unique problems and these have been aggravated due to the unprecedented speed of socio-economic transformation leading to a number of changes in different aspect of living conditions. Elder abuse is the likely acute and chronic stressors affecting social and behavioral mediators of the elderly. Currently in India 50% of the elderly population epitomizes the oppressed in which 48% are male and 53% are women (HelpAge India Report, 2014). The objective of the study is to study the status of Elder abuse and to present the suggestions for solving the problems of Elder abuse. Methods and materials: In the present study Descriptive research design was used. The paper is based on primary data and focused on problems of elder abuse of Elderly people. The study was conducted in Lucknow city where four old age homes have been selected. For this study Lottery Method of Random Sampling was used to select 71 respondents as sample size. The data have been collected by using the Interview Schedule. Findings of the study show that the problems of Elder abuse at the present is very quiet depressing and pathetic. Currently, an elderly person has suffered from these problems at large levels which were critical to discuss the above study. In present, the problem of elder abuse is increasing day by day.