Open AccessMaltrato en adultos mayores en Saltillo Coahuila
Author(s) -
Rosa María López-Niebla,
Juana María Martínez-Cárdenas,
Tamara Isabel Terrazas-Medina,
Francisco Isaí Pérez-Castro
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
revista transdisciplinaria de estudios migratorios
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2414-4967
DOI - 10.35429/jtms.2019.14.5.29.34
Subject(s) - harassment , psychology , elder abuse , gerontology , sexual abuse , elderly people , clinical psychology , medicine , social psychology , suicide prevention , poison control , medical emergency
The present work was carried out by teachers of the Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila, its objective was to design an instrument to evaluate the abuse of the elderly in the city of Saltillo, Coahuila, to implement with the results obtained, social service programs that provide information on violence in the elderly, identify behaviors of the aggressor, observer and victim, as well as know their fundamental rights and institutions to go to. The instrument was applied at the Geriatric Hospital, 35 older adults participated, aged between 60 and 90 years. It was inspired by the Psychometric Validation of the questionnaire “This is how we get along in school”, and the Questionnaire prepared by INAPAM and SEDESOL, of both instruments resulted in the adaptation consisting of 35 reagents, dispersed in 4 factors: physical, psychological, damage to the property and financial, and sexual harassment. The results show that there is abuse in this group, of 19%, although its manifestation is not very marked, if there is one, corroborating what other studies say that this health problem is silent, by the person of the third age by loyalty to family values or for fear of reprisals from the person who takes care of him.