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. ”
टाइम्स्‌ कहती है कि इसकी एक वजह है, “जब किसी बच्चे के साथ दुर्व्यवहार किया जाता है या जब एक पति अपनी पत्नी को पीटता है, तो इसकी खबर फौरन लग जाती है ।