Neglect/abandonment of older women during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil: a cross-sectional study.
Carla Maria Kortz Toledo Rodrigues, Dinair Ferreira Machado, Raissa Janine de Almeida and 3 others
PMID 42524970WHAT IT FOUND
Among 5,875 reported neglect/abandonment cases against older women in Brazil, older age, disability, child or caregiver perpetrators, and homophobia/transphobia or generational conflict were linked to higher occurrence.
Key findings
015,875 neglect/abandonment cases against older women were reported nationwide.
02Most perpetrators were adults (62.6%, n=3.676) and had a child relationship with the older woman (69.3%, n=4.069), and most incidents occurred at the residence (80.5%, n=4.728).
03In the adjusted analysis, being an older adult, having disability, male or both-sex perpetrators, child or caregiver relationship, homophobia/transphobia, generational conflict, disability-related motivation, other motivations, and industrial setting were associated with higher occurrence; being married or in a consensual union and suspected perpetrator alcohol use were associated with lower occurrence.
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What it does not show
Only cases reported to the national violence system were included, so unreported neglect or abandonment is missing. Many notification fields were blank or ignored, so the victim and perpetrator profiles may be incomplete. The study is cross-sectional and used reported cases, so it cannot show that any factor caused neglect or abandonment. It covers only Brazil during the pandemic period, so it may not apply to other countries or later periods.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read the lower occurrence with suspected alcohol use as evidence that alcohol prevents neglect. The study is cross-sectional and based on reported cases, so it cannot show cause, and many fields were blank or ignored.