Abstract

FORERO BORDA, Laura Margarita; HOYOS PORTO, Saith; BUITRAGO MARTINEZ, Viviana  and  HEREDIA RAMIREZ, Rodrigo Alberto. Elder Abuse: A Narrative Review. Univ. Med. [online]. 2019, vol.60, n.4, pp.43-58. ISSN 0041-9095.  https://doi.org/10.11144/javeriana.umed60-4.malt.

Elder abuse is a topic of growing interest and it is considered as a public health problem. The Colombian context has built an ideal climate generating situations of abuse: the exposure to “violence on a large scale”, the gender gap and the change of the population pyramid. According to the SABE Colombia, 12.9% of the elderly reported having suffered abuse, the most common is psychological abuse, followed by the physical, financial and sexual. Although the Colombian State recognizes the elderly as a special subject of protection, perhaps there is still ignorance of the health professionals. This should be a moral obligation for the medical community, so it must be addressed in depth in order to identify cases in time and propose prevention. This review of the literature aims to synthesize the available epidemiological information, clinical evidence and legal aspects of elder abuse in the Colombian context and finally propose routes of attention with the legal aspects surrounding the abuse.

Keywords : elder abuse; negligence; caregiver.

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