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KMID : 0358120030290010046
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Journal of the Korean Public Health Association
2003 Volume.29 No. 1 p.46 ~ p.55
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The Status of abuse experience of the elderly in Daegu City
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Jang Sea-He
Hwang Byung-Deog
Lee Sung-Kook
Kwon Jin-Hee
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to examine current status of elderly abuse by their own children. The study was performed with sample group of 385 people over 60 years old(Ma]e: 135, Female: 250) Daegu city residents, who attended the senior welfare center. By categorizing specific type of abuse experience, the study showed 23.1%(male: 25.2%, female: 22.0%) of verbal psychological abuse, 4.9%(male: 3.7%, female: 5.6%) of permissive abuse, and 4.7%(male: 5.2%, female: 4.4%) of financial abuse. There was no record of physical abuse experience. In the review of elderly abuse experience following general characteristics, especially in case of female elderly, the difference in verbal psychological abuse experience was observed depending on the existence of spouse and composition of family. And there was also a difference in financial abuse experience related to health condition. In the study of elderly abuse experience according to the financial status, the female elderly who were a pool economic status had experienced comparatively high level of verbal psychological abuse. In the review of reaction against abuse, "direct confrontation(35.0%)" was the most dominant among male elderly, however, majority of female elderly(56.5%) was found to be "bear with the suffer". The main reason for such endurance was "for the sake of own children". There was only one elderly(0.9%) who had ever reported to the police with abuse experience.
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KEYWORD
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elderly abuse, verbal-psychological abuse, permissive abuse, financial abuse, physical abuse
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