Domestic Maltreatment Of The Elderly In Oredo Local Government Area, Edo State

`ABSTRACTThis paper examines nature and causes of domestic mistreatment/abuse and neglect of the elderly. Some of the elderly people have challenges of poverty and diseases of old age such as stroke, depression, dementia, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Because of their shortcomings, they depend on their families and other caregivers for care and which normally result in abused in the process. Also in the absence of institutional care, adult children who are too busy to take care of their parents hire caregivers who also, maltreat them.Unfortunately, the elderly are unable to challenge their abus…