Protecting The Elderly From Family Violence
By The Navhind Times on 10/24/2017
“… A report published in this newspaper on Monday presents an alarming picture of violence against the elderly in Salcete. This is something generally not talked about at social gatherings, public meetings or in the media. The elderly are subjected to violence for not giving away property or money to the younger persons in the family as they dictate them to do. Forcing the elderly to part with their properties and funds with physical coercion, infliction of pain and injury is an area of crime the Goa police has not been paying attention to at all, as the cases in Salcete show. The consequences of physical violence and psychological trauma only worsen the situation for the elderly. Ageing has made them physically weaker and burdened them with diseases. …”
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