2015
DOI: 10.5935/1414-8145.20150047
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Violence against the elderly: case description in the city of Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil

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“…9 In a study carried out in Aracaju, Sergipe, showed that approximately 97% of violence against the elderly occurred in the home environment. 29 It is noticed that among the general population, a study conducted in Itabuna, Bahia, found that 57.2% of the deaths due to aggression occurred on public roads; 20.5% in hospital; 11.9%, in another place and only 10.4% occurred at the victim's home. 21 It is recommended by the Pan American Health Organization that the health sector should help seek solutions and applications of preventive measures and control of all forms of violence against the elderly.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…9 In a study carried out in Aracaju, Sergipe, showed that approximately 97% of violence against the elderly occurred in the home environment. 29 It is noticed that among the general population, a study conducted in Itabuna, Bahia, found that 57.2% of the deaths due to aggression occurred on public roads; 20.5% in hospital; 11.9%, in another place and only 10.4% occurred at the victim's home. 21 It is recommended by the Pan American Health Organization that the health sector should help seek solutions and applications of preventive measures and control of all forms of violence against the elderly.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It should be emphasized that these data can only be made publicly available upon receipt of information from all Brazilian Federal Units (UF). 17 It is understood, therefore, that the time cut established for this research was the period from 2003 to 2014, since the data was collected in April 2016 and information regarding the deaths of 2015 were not yet available.…”
Section: Original Articlementioning
confidence: 99%
“…With regard to marital status, there was a predominance of violence to elderly widowers, in 36.6% of cases. 7 Regarding the profile of the aggressor, it is noted that 74.1% are males, 50.0% are older than or equal to 40 years, and 61.6% are selfreported of brown color. It was observed that the majority of the cases of violence were practiced by relatives, in 71.4% of the cases, being the children responsible for more than half of the violent acts, in 54.5% of the occurrences.…”
Section: Original Articlementioning
confidence: 99%
“…It was observed that the majority of the cases of violence were practiced by relatives, in 71.4% of the cases, being the children responsible for more than half of the violent acts, in 54.5% of the occurrences. 7 A study on the temporal evolution of external causes of death in the elderly in Brazil identified violence against the elderly as the second external factor of death in the age group between 60 and 69 years. Homicides and assaults are the most frequent causes of incidence, especially in males.…”
Section: Original Articlementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Em uma revisão integrativa de literatura feita no Brasil entre 2005 e 2009, as mulheres foram mais agredidas que os homens, especialmente aquelas com idade igual ou superior a oitenta anos, deprimidas, confusas ou extremamente fragilizadas (14). Além disso, muitos idosos vitimados carecem de cuidado e acabam omitindo os maus-tratos por receio de perder o cuidador ou de sofrer retaliação (19).…”
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