Przeciwdziałanie przemocy wobec osób starszych: propozycja modelowego rozwiązania
Counteracting Violence Against the Elderly: Proposal a Model Solution

Summary/Abstract: The article presents a comprehensive system of prevention of violence against the elderly people, which includes four integrally connected areas: education, mass media, the state and the law. The fifth component is science (research, diagnosis, surveys, concepts, paradigms and theories) which can be a kind of a staple binding together the items of prophylaxis mentioned above. The knight-errant syndrome is also discussed, when sincere intentions to help can turn against the harmed person. Therefore, while seeking preventive action to eliminate violence against the elderly from family and/or public life, one should be aware of the aforementioned syndrome so as not to worsen the situation of the victims of violence.

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