title: Elder abuse by abandonment in India: a novel community awareness and intervention strategy.
abstract: India, along with the rest of the world, is aging rapidly, but more so. Of a total population of over 1.2 billion, the aging population over 60 years is 109 million, projected to rise above 300 million by the year 2050, exceeding the younger population. One important ramification of this highly populous and under-resourced setting is that it provides a ripe environment for elder abuse (Chokkanathan and Lee, 2005), a problem besetting vulnerable aging populations globally (Patterson and Ploeg, 2007).
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Aims,Nasik,India.
authors.forename: Mangal S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kardile
authors.affiliation: School of Psychiatry,Faculty of Medicine,University of New South Wales,New South Wales,Australia.
authors.forename: Carmelle
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Peisah
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D001364:Awareness; D004552:Elder Abuse / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D035862:Vulnerable Populations