RESPECT SENIORS: STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE CALLS RECEIVED FROM JANUARY 2003 TO DECEMBER 2015

摘要

Context: The fight against elderly abuse is effective on the whole territory of the Walloon region since 2003 at first on basis of associations working together and since 2009 on a legal basis with the RESPECTSENIORS association.The most media known action is a freefone 0880 30 330 Statistical analysis of the calls received during period from January 1st, 2013 to December 31st, 2015 I. Total of received calls: 27271Contacts with not recognizable contents: 2093Contacts with recognizable contents: 25178Contacts concerning mistreatment: 17352II. Mentioned elderly abuse cases treated: 7609Most of the announced abuses are financial and psychological violence.The “mentioned victims” are women in 71 %, men in 20% and a group of people in 8% of the cases.74% of the victims live at home.25% of the callers are the elderly abused persons themselves.The mentioned author of abuse or negligence is a family member in 64% of the situations.The rate of anonymity is high: 23% of the callers, 42% of the mentioned authors, 31% of the victims.The victim lives alone in 25% of the cases.