Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Mansour Fathi ¹
• Asiyeh Madahipour ²

¹ Ph.D. in Social Work, ,Associate Professor, Department of social work, Faculty of social sciences, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran.

² M.A in Social Work, Faculty of social sciences, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

The present study was conducted with the aim of analyzing the experience of the elderly from domestic violence and how to face it. The research method is qualitative. The participants were 18 elderly people with experience of domestic violence in Dehdasht city who were selected through purposive sampling. The data collection method was a semi-structured in-depth interview and thematic analysis technique was used to analyze the data. The obtained results revealed three main themes of diverse violence (physical, mental, neglect and financial exploitation), emotional stagnation and traumatic relationships and the (dominant) strategy of passivity and submission in the face of violence shows. Educating families on how to properly interact with the elderly, getting to know their needs and how to take care of them, providing a context for the elderly to interact with each other and the society and reducing their isolation and social exclusion, assigning a telephone consultation line for the elderly and providing information in this field, forming a bank Comprehensive information on the elderly and identification of the elderly at risk of injury and violence and professional interventions by social workers are among the effective policy recommendations in preventing and reducing elder abuse.

Keywords

• lived experience
• elder abuse
• domestic violence
• social problem
• policy recommendation

Main Subjects

• Social Work