INTRAFAMILIAR MISTREATING IN IPSS BENEFICIARY AGED PEOPLE. TRUJILLO, PERU

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to measure the level of Intrafamily Mistreatment of the Elderly, from the view of the elderly's own self-perception, objective evidences and mistreatmen risk at home, as well as the ways those dimensions relate among then to certain demographic and situational characteristics. Two hundred people, male and female, ages 65 and older, beneficiaries of the Health Services at Peruvian Social Security Institute in Trujillo, Perú were interviewed an assessed for mistreatment at their own homes. The findings show that almost every individual under study had experienced some degree of Intrafamily Mistreatment in all dimensions covered by this study. One third of them reported high level of Global Intrafamily Mistreatment. The types of mistreatment most commonly encountered were Psychosocial, Material and Financial. The approach adopted in this study allows orientation for future researches on elderly groups presenting
characteristics other than those handled in the population of this study.