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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Neglect of the aged

Neglect of the aged

  • Reduction in motivation to care for the aged

Nature

Individual and social motivation to care for the elderly is reduced to guilt or political expediency. What care is given encourages the elderly to become dependent on their need for care.

Broader

Abusive treatment of the aged
Presentable
Neglected relations
Unpresentable
Professional misconduct by nurses
Yet to rate

Narrower

Neglect of elderly in institutional care
Presentable
Abandoned elderly
Presentable

Aggravates

Loneliness in old age
Excellent
Limited social guidance by older generations
Presentable
Inadequate welfare services for the aged
Presentable
Vulnerability of the elderly under states of emergency
Unpresentable
Limited strength of elders
Unpresentable
Boredom of the elderly
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Unmeaningful social roles for the aged
Presentable
Generation communication gap
Presentable
Disrespect for elders
Presentable
Conflicting social service ideologies
Presentable
Dependency of the elderly
Unpresentable

Reduces

Burden of caring for elderly relations
Presentable

Strategy

Ensuring a healthy environment
Excellent
Caring for the aged
Presentable
Giving attention to elders
Yet to rate

Value

Reduction
Yet to rate
Neglect
Yet to rate
Motivation
Yet to rate
Demotivation
Yet to rate
Care
Yet to rate
Age
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #1: No PovertySustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-being

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(D) Detailed problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Health care » Care
  • Societal problems » Deprivation
  • Society » Elderly
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    D8945
    DOCID
    11489450
    D7NID
    134610
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020