Aim:

To describe the current situation of abuse towards the elderly people, detailing the existing protocols in the different autonomous communities of the Spanish State, as well as the perspective of different professionals who work with older people and disabled adults.

Methodology:

Qualitative review of the administrative documents and protocols of each Autonomous Community, as well as conducting interviews with 12 professionals who work directly with elderly or disabled people in the territorial area of Galicia. At the same time, a documentary research and literature review on the subject under study has been carried out through the main sources of research.

Results:

The results reflect the absence of measures and professional knowledge on how to intervene in situations of abuse towards elderly people. This situation is aggravated by the absence of protocols or specific guidelines in 52,94% of the autonomous communities.

Conclusions:

In addition to the measures proposed by international organizations, it is considered necessary to prevent, detect and intervene, and these actions of the public administration must be started and supported by citizen awareness; in such a way that we get to provide quality care to the elderly population.

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