The old-fashioned case of abusive money reaches a new high in 10 years High-risk women – Hong Kong Economic Times – TOPick – News – Society

The case of elder abuse has reached its highest level in 10 years, and women are particularly at risk. Some social workers revealed that 80-year-old mothers-in-law were cognitively impaired and relying on the CSSA to survive, but that seniors' children had to pay $ 1,000 for each visit and home cleaning service. The cost of car and horse.

The Department of Census and Statistics released the report "Women and Men in Hong Kong – Major Statistics (2018 Edition)", which reported 569 cases of elder abuse in Hong Kong the year last and 32.8 out of 100,000 men and women aged 60 and over. Older people are abused in different forms.

Although the total number of cases of mistreatment decreased by more than 7% over the previous year, the number of cases of misappropriation of property reached 10 years, reaching 109 cases, of which 100,000 persons average age of 60 years. Among senior men and women aged 6.9 and 5.6 older men were hijacked.

In addition, there were 74 cases of mental abuse last year, which also increased over the previous year and were the highest since 2009. In 2008, they reported recorded 188 cases, but 35 the next year.

Huang Lihua, senior director of Kwun Tong's Integrated Home Care Services, said that older people with cognitive impairment, living alone and living with caregivers, were at high risk of abuse. She said that a few years ago, she had an 80-year-old living mother-in-law who was suffering from a cognitive impairment and relied on the CSSA to support her. The guest then invaded her mother-in-law for at least a year and found that her stepmother was only wearing thin clothes in the winter and that the sheets had been left overboard. In recent years, the parent has parents. Given the cost of horses and horses, once for 500 to 1000 yuan, such as a visit and home cleaning, Huang Tanyan is quite common.

She observed that elder abuse has increased in recent years and that seniors should not use bank account pbadwords. Give it to your loved ones, and you do not have to ask for it to live with them.

In addition, cases of child abuse continued to increase: 947 cases were reported last year, an increase of 6.2% over the previous year, 92.9 children per 100,000 children on average. The proportion of cases of physical violence and badual badault was highest: over 300 cases were reported last year, of which 7.1% last year, or 12 per cent 000. The age was 10 years old. New high. Last year, 229 cases of neglect in child care were received, which rose nearly 26% from one year to the next.