One reason, says the Times, is that “compared with child or spouse abuse, abuse of the elderly tends to take longer to surface, in part because the elderly feel responsible when the violence is inflicted by their offspring, and also because the government and local administrators have so far failed to address the problem. ”
وذلك ناتج الى حد ما عن شعور المسنين بالمسؤولية حين يكون العنف صادرا عن اولادهم ،‏ اضافة الى ان الحكومة والإدارات المحلية ليس لديها حلول حتى الآن » .‏