Elderly Individuals: Challenges In Environment

Elderly Individuals Student Name: Course Number: Instructor Name: Date: Elderly Individuals In every society, there are a number of old people referred to as elderly individuals. Most of the people in this category experience many challenges in the environment which they are living in. This can be due to the conditions of their body health since their muscles have become weak because of old age, thus making them vulnerable to malicious people who can do anything to them regardless of their age or situation. The elderly people are exposed to various crimes such as robbery or mugging. Stealing from the aged people is common since they cannot be able to physically defend themselves because they have weak bodies. Others are exposed to rape and sexual harassment especially when the aged or elderly individual resides alone. Some of the offenders go to an extent of murdering them after an assault in order for them to conceal any traces of evidence (Anindya & Avanish, 2013). The elderly or the senior citizens ca...