Analysis of the sociodemographic profile of elderly victims of violence in the city of Porto Alegre/RS/Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Peruhype,Rarianne Carvalho
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Outros Autores: Hauser,Lisiane
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://ggaging.com/details/225
• topic: Elderly, violence, elder abuse.

<p><b>INTRODUCTION:</b> The violence against the elderly is an ongoing public health problem in the society that needs to be investigated.<br> <b>OBJECTIVE:</b> This study aims to analyse the sociodemographic profile of the elderly victims of violence reported in 2009 at the Elderly Police Station, in Porto Alegre city, RS.<br> <b>METHODS:</b> It was used the simple frequency, percentage and standardized rate per age.<br> <b>RESULTS:</b> In the overall 904 reports were checked, from which 836 were considered valid. It was found a higher incidence of violence victims in white elderly (85.1% based on 778 victims), who were 70 to 79 years old (&#8773; 486 cases per 100.000 people ), married (46%), with primary school (54.4%) and female (69.3%). Psychological violence was the most practiced, followed by financial and physical assault. There was predominance of "unfamiliar" as authors of aggressions (57.4%).<br> <b>CONCLUSION:</b> The found data confirm the importance of restructuring policies and strategies for preventing violence and strengthening the network support for older people.</p>