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Don't worry Granny - (he won't bother you again).

Be careful who you upset.

 

The abuse of older people, often referred to as ‘elder abuse’, is a global public health problem. On 15 June 2021, the World Health Organisation (WHO) published a factsheet on elder abuse to mark World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. It provided the following definition, which includes abuse in both community and institutional settings:

 

Elder abuse is a single or repeated act, or lack of appropriate action, occurring within any relationship where there is an expectation of trust, which causes harm or distress to an older person. This type of violence constitutes a violation of human rights and includes physical, sexual, psychological, and emotional abuse; financial and material abuse; abandonment; neglect; and serious loss of dignity and respect.

 

 

Taunton, Somerset, UK.

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