Wednesday, May 15, 2024

88.4pc of slum elderly people mentally tortured, 39.6pc physically: study

Around 90 per cent of the elderly people in the Dhaka city slums are being subjected to mental torture and 40 per cent of them are physically assaulted by family members including sons, daughters, spouses, sons-in-law and daughters-in law. Also 83.3 per cent of the elders, with women leading the number, are victims of negligence