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Abstract
This study analysed help seeking behaviour and elder abuse in rural and urban communities of Edo State. The study specifically analysed, frequency of occurrence, forms of elder abuse, causes, effects, mitigating strategies and coping behaviour of victims. A community based comparative cross-sectional descriptive study. The study population comprised of elderly persons (60years and above) while a sample of 500 elderly persons was drawn by multi-stage sampling. Structured questionnaire was used while data collected was analysed with both descriptive and inferential statistics. The result showed that many who had heard about elder abuse reside in urban areas and first got to know about elder abuse from print, audio and audio-visual resources. In the rural communities respondents knowledge of elder abuse was not as good as those living in urban areas as majority of them did not know of more than two forms of abuse. The prevalence of elder abuse in the rural area is higher than the urban locations but their perception of the most prevalent form of abuse indicates that many in the rural areas consider neglect and financial to be most prevalent while those in the urban area consider emotional abuse to be most prevalent. Elder abuse is majorly caused by lack support system, lack of information and defencelessness in both areas. Most victims of elder abuse in both rural and urban areas have often resorted to seeking help from family members and community leaders to ameliorate the abuse situation. Fears of stigmatization mostly account for the avoidance of help seeking among the elderly abused people living in rural areas while uncertainty on whether involvement of a third party would address the issue discouraged most elderly victims of abuse living in urban areas. Among those are not involved in social activities as they ought to while majority of the respondents do not just feel like disengage from indulging in social activities because of ill health and other reasons such as low interest and morale to engage in social activities. Also, the respondents in both rural and urban location do not feel they have enough contact with loved ones and they enjoy visit from their loves ones such as children, grandchildren and relatives yearly they also manage their finances by themselves they also attested they receive financial support from their child(ren). Majority of the elderly persons have musculoskeletal ailments such as arthritis, difficulty walking and joint pains among others they have complain of not complying well with the drugs they take for their medical condition). And age, occupation, religion, marital status, location, living arrangement, financial situation, no of biological children, assistance at home, social activities, health status, general health condition and ADL class influences elderly abuse It was recommended that the Nigerian government should formulate a national policy for the elderly which will serve to protect the right of these senior citizens, stipulating penalties for any person(s) or groups of individuals who violate such policy. The state governments should also formulate similar policies to address the peculiarities of their area.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABBREVIATIONS
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the Study
1.2 Statement of the Problem
1.3 Justification for the Study
1.4 Research Questions
1.5 Objectives of the Study
1.5.1 General objective
1.5.2 Specific Objectives
1.6 Research Hypotheses
1.8 Operational Definition of Terms
CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Conceptual Framework
2.2 Prevalence and Pattern of Elder Abuse
2.3 Influence of Socio-demographic Variables on Elder Abuse
2.4 Awareness and Barriers to Help Seeking Behaviour on Elder Abuse
2.4 Availability and Operational Status of Public Policies and programs on Elder Abuse
2.5 Views of the Elderly and Younger adults on Intervention Measures against Elder Abuse
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