Family Abuse Against the Elders Living in Nursing Homes

Abstract

It is generally known that the number of the elders who are affected by abuse is in- creasing day by day in the whole world. The small number of researches carried out on “elder abuse" in our country is a notewor- thy phenomenon. The purpose of this study is to determine whether the elders have ex- perienced abuse within their families before they enter the nursing home. To research this case, 93 elders living in Bahçelievler Nurs­ing Home Elderly Care and Rehabilitation Center, Zeytinburnu Semiha Şakir Nursing Home, Göztepe Semiha Sakir Nursing Home and Çamlıca Fahrettin Kerim Gökay Nurs­ing Home Directorates, located in the prov- ince İstanbul, were interviewed. All of these centers operate under the control of the Min- istry of Family and Social Policies. In the scope of this study, it is discovered that elders experience “psychological abuse" mostly; secondly comes the “economical abuse "; and thirdly, “physical abuse"is prominent.

Keywords

• Elderliness,elderly abuse,family violence

HUZUREVİNDE KALMAKTA OLAN YAŞLILARDA AİLE İÇİ İSTİSMAR

Abstract

Bütün dünyada, yaşlı istismarından etkilenen yaşlıların sayısının giderek arttığı dile geti­rilmektedir. Ülkemizde, “yaşlı istismarı üze­rine" yapılan araştırmaların sayısının azlığı dikkat çekmektedir. Bu araştırmanın amacı; huzurevine girmeden önce yaşlıların aile içinde istismara maruz kalıp kalmadıkları­nın belirlenmesidir. Bu amaçla, İstanbul’da Aile ve Sosyal Politikalar Bakanlığı’na bağlı Bahçelievler Huzurevi Yaşlı Bakım ve Re­habilitasyon Merkezi, Zeytinburnu Semiha Şakir Huzurevi, Göztepe Semiha Şakir Hu­zurevi ve Çamlıca Fahrettin Kerim Gökay Huzurevi Müdürlüklerinde kalmakta olan93 yaşlı ile görüşme yapılmıştır. Araştırma kapsamında; yaşlıların en fazla “psikolojik istismara", ikinci sırada “ekonomik istisma­ra" ve üçüncü olarak da “fiziksel istismara" maruz kaldıkları belirlenmiştir.

Keywords

• Yaşlılık,yaşlı istismarı,aile içi şiddet

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