why there are increasing number of domestic violent in the elderly?

the basic problem for this lies behind the increasing cost of living and less sense of own ness.. they forget what they received from thier parents when they were kids.. and this is what is happening now.. but a person who forgets his base is the one who never grows.. and one day they realize it but it becomes too late by that time...

Because some of the family member get disgusted with the slow movements of the elderly, having memory gaps and some elderly too not only have illnesses but some have aggressive behavior too thus abusing the person who care for them receiving blatant abuses such as constant slapping, nagging and have annoying habits. Then, their caregiver patiently care for elderly but some even could still moves becomes too lazy thus making their caregiver a lots of headaches and loads of works. Thus, elderly are lucky to be taken care personally by caring members of his family while others goes to the home for the aged. Those elderly who are being abuses by family members are those care are being neglected as their own family is busy too with their own family and career. Thus have no time to care for the elderly and instead hired a nanny to take care of them.

here in the US I blame a lot of abuse of us elderly on the way the younger ones perceive old agers, they think we all are mentally deficient, senile, on the way to alzenheimers disease and they most of them fear old age. so we get treated like we are senile if by chance we do not agree with a husband or adult child's opinion on something. In other words a lot of senior citizens get no respect from their own kids or from other younger people.If you have no respect for your elderly parents you sometimes become hostile and abusive which to me is horrible.