Elder Abuse in India

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Hom Nath Chalise

One my friend from Mumbai (lady), we met in Malta in 2007, had a PhD thesis topic about elder abuse. I think she defended her dissertation at the end of 2010.

Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy

Thanks. Last month HelpAge India came out with a good National Survey. I can send a copy to anyone interested.

Thats great. May I request you to send a copy at [email protected]. You can also share some findings here.

Neeru Sharma

@ padmanabha , please do sir . It would facilitate my research

HelpAge Survey 2012 has also been released. Here is a place where you read / download a copy.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/97258492/HelpAge-India-Report-on-Elder-Abuse-in-India-2012

EA is on the increase. Making victims talk about it is the greatest problem

You can watch Satyamevjayate Episode 11 on Old Age. This video presents four case studies of Elder Abuse. in the early part. http://www.satyamevjayate.in/issue11/ This has been watched by millions of Indians on last Sunday.

Thank you a lot Padmanabha sir