| Abstract | Nasilje se karakterizira kao namjerna upotreba fizičke snage i moći različitim akcijama i prijetnje usmjerene na drugu osobu, sebe, zajednicu ili grupu ljudi što dovodi do ozljeda, psiholoških posljedica, deprivacija ili smrti. Također, svako ponašanje drugih osoba koji svoju moć i kontrolu zloupotrebljavaju u međuljudskim odnosima naziva se nasilje. Poseban psihosocijalni i javnozdravstveni problem je nasilje nad starijim osobama. Njega je puno teže otkriti zbog straha osobe starije dobi da će biti odbačeni, socijalne izolacije starijih osoba koja povećava rizik maltretiranja te zbog ovisnosti o osobama koje skrbe za njih. Zlostavljanje starijih osoba je pojedinačni ili ponavljajući čin, ali i nedostatak pravilnog postupanja koje se može događati u različitim odnosima gdje postoje očekivanja i povjerenje, a koje uzrokuje bol i štetu starijoj osobi. Postoje različiti oblici nasilja nad osobama starije životne dobi - može biti u obliku fizičkom, psihološkom i emocionalnom, financijskom, seksualnom obliku ili kao zanemarivanje. Broj prijavljenih slučajeva zlostavljanja najčešće je ujedno i zanemarivanje starijih osoba, što daje podrobniju sliku o subjektima koji vrše nasilje nad starijim osobama. Najčešći počinitelji nasilja nad starijih osobama uglavnom su supružnici, djeca osoba starije dobi, zet ili snaha, ostala bliska rodbina, ljudi na ulici i osoblje koje je zaduženo brinuti o starijim osobama, a nasilje u velikom broju slučajeva proizlazi iz nemoći koju osoba koja vrši nasilje osjeća radi odgovornosti o osobi starije životne dobi. Najveći problem u prevenciji i prepoznavanju nasilja nad osobama starije životne dobi je neprijavljivanje nasilja od strane osobe koja je zlostavljana. Nasilje se može podijeliti na nasilje u institucijama koje skrbe za starije osobe, ono koje proživljavaju u svojoj obitelji te nasilje u lokalnoj zajednici. Zlostavljanje u institucijama se odnosi na zlostavljanje osoba koje su smještene u domove za starije i nemoćne osobe, ustanovama za trajnu brigu i njegu o drugim osobama te bolnice za psihički bolesne starije osobe. Jedan od oblika diskriminacije je ageizam ili dobna diskriminacija odnosno diskriminiranje starijih osoba temeljem njihove dobi. |
| Abstract (english) | Violence is characterized as the intentional use of physical force and power through various actions and threats directed at another person, self, community or group of people that leads to injury, psychological consequences, deprivation or death. Also, any behavior of other persons who abuse their power and control in interpersonal relationships is called violence. Violence against the elderly is a special psychosocial and public health problem. It is much more difficult to detect it because of the elderly person's fear of being rejected, the social isolation of the elderly, which increases the risk of abuse, and the dependence on the people who care for them. Abuse of the elderly is a single or repeated act, but also a lack of proper treatment that can occur in different relationships where there are expectations and trust, and which causes pain and harm to an elderly person. There are different forms of violence against the elderly - it can be in the form of physical, psychological and emotional, financial, sexual or neglect. The number of reported cases of abuse is most often also the neglect of the elderly, which gives a more detailed picture of subjects who commit violence against the elderly. The most common perpetrators of violence against the elderly are mainly spouses, children of elderly persons, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, other close relatives, people on the street and staff in charge of caring for the elderly, and violence in a large number of cases results from the helplessness of the person who commits the violence. feels for the responsibility of an elderly person. The biggest problem in the prevention and recognition of violence against elderly people is the non-reporting of violence by the abused person. Violence can be divided into violence in institutions that care for the elderly, violence they experience in their families, and violence in the local community. Abuse in institutions refers to the abuse of persons placed in homes for the elderly and infirm, institutions for the permanent care and nursing of other persons, and hospitals for mentally ill elderly persons. Risk factors that occur in elderly victims of violence are reduced ability to take care of themselves, older age, poor economic condition, dementia, lower level of education and female gender. One form of discrimination is ageism or age discrimination, discrimination against older people based on their age. |
