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Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to analyse the possible causes of elderly abuse in India and its repercussions for the society, based on the real cases and reports.
Design/methodology/approach
– A multiple case study approach has been used for the study sourced from archival newspaper reports, crime reports, and narration.
Findings
– Greater vigilance and more effective legislation would be required to solve the problem related to elder abuse.
Originality/value
– There is not much study of causes, consequences, effectiveness of the legal system with respect to elderly abuse in India. In that way, it will be a unique contribution.
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2014
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