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English to Spanish: "Policy brief. Abuse of older persons." UNECE Policy Brief on Ageing No. 14, October 2013. General field: Social Sciences Detailed field: Government / Politics
Source text - English Abuse of older persons is a major societal problem that often goes undetected.
Although not a new phenomenon, the speed of population ageing worldwide has given rise to fears that abuse of older persons, too, may increase in its incidence, prevalence and complexity.
Globally, the number of cases of elder maltreatment is projected to increase as many countries have rapidly ageing populations whose needs may not be met easily due to resource constraints (WHO Regional Office for Europe 2011: viii).
Elder abuse is associated with a number of consequences, both for individuals as well as societies.
Victims of elder abuse often experience significant distress and may never fully emotionally recover from trauma.
The individual may suffer from a growing sense of insecurity, from illness, anxiety or depression.
Consequences of elder abuse may be worsened because shame and fear of getting institutionalized may cause reluctance to seek help.
Victims of elder abuse are typically torn between the feelings they have for their abusers and their desire to speak up about the abuse.
They are also often dependent on their abuser (WHO Regional Office for Europe 2011).
Elder abuse, including neglect seems to lead to higher dependence in performing activities of daily living, increased emergency room visits, higher rates of mortality, and self-destructive behaviours in abused elders which can even result in suicide.
For older people, the consequences of maltreatment can be especially serious because their bones are more brittle and convalescence takes longer.
At the societal level, abuse is related to higher direct costs related to health care, case detection and staff training, as well as indirect costs related to loss of social capital and the reduced ability of people to productively contribute to society.
Elder abuse has cultural, ethnic and religious dimensions.
For example, in Norway the definitions of elder abuse include “family disharmony” and in France “moral cruelty” (Lowenstein 2009: 282; cf. Phelan 2013: 6-7).
The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) definition may provide some common ground to discuss abuse in an international context:
“Elder abuse is a single, or repeated act, or lack of appropriate action, occurring within any relationship where there is an expectation of trust which causes harm or distress to an older person.” (WHO 2008: 1).
Translation - Spanish El abuso de las personas mayores es un problema social importante que a menudo pasa desapercibido.
Aunque no se trata de un fenómeno nuevo, la velocidad del envejecimiento de la población en todo el mundo ha hecho temer que el abuso de las personas mayores pueda aumentar también su incidencia, prevalencia y complejidad.
A escala mundial, se espera que el número de casos de maltrato de personas mayores aumente, ya que muchos países tienen poblaciones que están envejeciendo rápidamente, cuyas necesidades no serán fáciles de satisfacer debido a la limitación de recursos (Oficina Regional para Europa de la OMS, 2011: viii).
El abuso de las personas mayores se asocia con una serie de consecuencias, tanto para las personas como para las sociedades.
Las víctimas del abuso de las personas mayores a menudo experimentan un nivel de angustia significativo y es posible que nunca se recuperen totalmente del trauma desde el punto de vista emocional.
La persona puede sufrir un sentimiento cada vez mayor de inseguridad, o sufrir enfermedades, ansiedad o depresión.
Las consecuencias del abuso de las personas mayores pueden empeorar debido a la culpa y el miedo a ser internados en una residencia puede hacer que sean reticentes a la hora de buscar ayuda.
Las víctimas del abuso de las personas mayores se debaten normalmente entre los sentimientos que tienen hacia los que abusan de ellos y su deseo de denunciar el abuso.
Asimismo, dependen a menudo de la persona que abusa de ellos (Oficina Regional para Europa de la OMS, 2011).
El abuso de las personas mayores, incluida la negligencia, parece provocar una mayor dependencia a la hora de realizar actividades de la vida diaria, un aumento de las visitas a urgencias, mayores índices de mortalidad y comportamientos autodestructivos por parte de las personas mayores que sufren abusos, que incluso pueden llegar al suicidio.
Para las personas mayores, las consecuencias del maltrato pueden ser especialmente graves porque tienen los huesos más frágiles y la recuperación lleva más tiempo.
A nivel social, el abuso se relaciona con un aumento de los costes directos relacionados con la atención sanitaria, la detección de casos y la formación del personal, y de los costes indirectos relacionados con la pérdida de capital social y la disminución de la capacidad de las personas para contribuir de forma productiva a la sociedad.
El abuso de las personas mayores tiene dimensiones culturales, étnicas y religiosas.
Por ejemplo, en Noruega, las definiciones de abuso de las personas mayores incluyen la «falta de armonía familiar» y en Francia la «crueldad familiar» (Lowenstein 2009: 282; cf. Phelan 2013: 6-7).
La definición de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) puede aportar puntos en común para debatir el abuso en un contexto internacional:
«El abuso de las personas mayores es un acto aislado o repetido, o la falta de acciones adecuadas, que se produce en el seno de cualquier relación en la que se espera confianza y que provoca daños o angustia a una persona mayor.» (OMS 2008: 1).
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Master's degree - University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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Years of experience: 18. Registered at ProZ.com: Nov 2007.
English to Spanish (Universidad de Salamanca, verified) French to Spanish (Universidad de Salamanca, verified) Italian to Spanish (Universidad de Salamanca, verified) Galician (Universidad de Vigo, verified) English (Universidad de Vigo, verified)
English (University Bordeaux 3, verified) French (Universidad de Vigo, verified) English to Galician (Universidad de Vigo)
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Adobe Acrobat, DejaVu, Frontpage, Idiom, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Passolo, Powerpoint, STAR Transit, Trados Studio, Wordfast
My work involves translating and revising texts from English, French, Portuguese and Italian to Spanish and Galician.
I have more than eight years of experience in translation and revising, including European Union, the UN and other international organizations documentation and areas like law, medicine, social sciences, software, marketing and general fields.
I am an experienced and professional user of CAT tools (SDL Trados Studio, Trados 2007, Wordfast, Idiom, Passolo, Microsoft Localization Studio).
I hold a university degree in Translation and Interpreting and a university degree in Linguistics and Literature.
I am a freelancer and work mainly for translation agencies.
During the past twelve months I have completed a volume of approximately 400000 words, which would represent an average of 2000 translated words per working day.
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