{"id":9460,"date":"2021-06-15T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/?p=9460"},"modified":"2026-02-03T04:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T04:05:11","slug":"world-elder-abuse-awareness-day-15-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/?p=9460","title":{"rendered":"World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 15 June"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elder abuse is a problem that exists in both developing and developed countries yet is typically underreported globally. Prevalence rates or estimates exist only in selected developed countries \u2014 ranging from 1% to 10%. Although the extent of elder mistreatment is unknown, its social and moral significance is obvious. As such, it demands a global multifaceted response, one which focuses on protecting the rights of older persons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo person, young or old, is expendable\u201d, spelled out UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres in a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sg\/en\/content\/sg\/statement\/2020-05-01\/secretary-generals-message-launch-policy-brief-older-persons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video message<\/a>&nbsp;to launch a policy brief on older persons last month. The impact on health and long-term care services for older persons must recognize and confront the particular challenges they face, including their ability to access medical treatment and care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOlder people have the same rights to life and health as everyone else,\u201d underscored the UN chief. \u201cDifficult decisions around life-saving medical care must respect the human rights and dignity of all.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elder abuse is a problem that exists in both developing and developed countries yet is typically underreported globally. Prevalence rates or estimates exist only in selected developed countries \u2014 ranging from 1% to 10%. Although the extent of elder mistreatment is unknown, its social and moral significance is obvious. As such, it demands a global [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9461,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9460"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19144,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9460\/revisions\/19144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}