日本家庭虐待老人现象增加的原因

Reasons for the Increase of Elder Abuse in Japanese Families

在人口老龄化日益严重的社会背景下,日本家庭内老人(尤其是老年女性)受虐待现象呈持续增加的倾向。疏于照料、身体虐待、心理虐待、经济虐待、性虐待等现象严重损害了老人的人权和尊严。究其根本,老人受虐待问题是超老龄化社会和长寿社会带来的负面效应,是护理家庭的孤立化,社会、文化、政策性因素,以及经济贫困等家庭内外因素相互作用的结果。

In the social context of an increasing aging population,the elder abuse in Japanese families tends to grow continuously.The elderly people,mostly women,are subjected to various types of abuse,including physical abuse,being neglected,psychological abuse,economic abuse,and sexual abuse,which have seriously damaged the human rights and dignity of them.By its nature,the problem of elder abuse is the result of the interaction of the negative effects brought about by a society featured by the super aging population and longevity,the isolation of nursing families,social,cultural,policy factors,economic poverty and other comprehensive factors inside and outside the family.