“No Elderly Person Deserves to Go Through This”: Understanding Violence Towards Elderly Women
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| Formato: | artículo original |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Data de Publicación: | 2025 |
| Descripción: | Introduction: Violence against the elderly is a growing phenomenon, causing damage to health, with different outcomes and consequences to the victims. The possibility of elderly women suffering it in the family context surpasses that of men, with gender being a considerable risk factor. Objective: To analyze the understanding of violence against the elderly according to elderly women. Method: Descriptive research with a qualitative approach developed with 22 elderly women from a community in the state of Paraíba, Brazil, chosen for convenience. The data collection was based on semi-structured interviews, processed by the Iramuteq software, with subsequent Content Analysis. Results: Five classes of violence against the elderly were evidenced: cycle of violence; support network for the elderly victims of violence; experience of violent situations; financial violence; and symbolism of violence in society, which denote an understanding of violence involving the different types. They are based on the factors of family experience, culture, and others, placing the health professional as a fundamental element for care and support. Gender influenced the perspective on physical and psychological violence, as well as the relevance given to health teams for the identification of occurrences and the prevention of possible damage. Conclusion: The various types of violence against the elderly have been recognized, including individual, community, and social factors in the violent cycle. In addition, they associated aging with greater susceptibility to suffering violence, regardless of the typology. It highlights the potential of the health service in assisting the elderly victim of violence, elucidating cases, and acting early to interrupt the cycles perpetrated, requiring the constant need for professional updating to deal with detected situations. |
| País: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Institución: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Idioma: | Portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.revistas.ucr.ac.cr:article/468 |
| Acceso en liña: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/renfermeria/article/view/468 |
| Palabra crave: | Elder Abuse; Health Personnel; Gender-Based Violence. Abuso de Ancianos; Personal de Salud; Violencia de Género. Abuso de idosos; Profissionais de saúde; Violência de gênero. |