Natasa Todorovic

The Red Cross of Serbia · Health

Background: The objective of this study was to assess the complex relationship between the multiple determinants of the caregiving process, the caregiver burden, and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on a nationally representative sample (n = 798) during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ser...

Background and objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented reliance on informal caregivers as one of the pillars of healthcare systems. The aim of this study was to assess the quality of life of informal caregivers during the COVID-19 epidemic in Serbia. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among informal care...

Elder abuse is a complex problem cross-cutting through social sphere, public health and other distinct areas and it is a violation of human rights. The effects of elder abuse can be dramatic not just for the older person experiencing abuse and her or his immediate surroundings but also for the society at large.

This paper aims at presenting findings of the research that aimed at exploring the frequency of abuse targeting older persons, frequency of individual types of elder abuse, as well as the frequency of elder abuse targeting two different types of older persons. The research took place in 2016 in 9 Serbian municipalities and was designed as a cross-s...

Violence as a social phenomenon does not know the age of a victim. It is happening at all stages of life and among members of all age groups. Ageing of the population and an increasing emphasis on its problems, among other things, raises the issue of violence against the elderly which is happening in their homes. Incorrect assumptions that violence...

A survey of older women in Serbia was conducted to understand the structural and individual financial abuse they experienced within the family context, as well as of the risks of this form of abuse and their knowledge of their rights. This is the first study on financial abuse of older women in Serbia. It has important implications for older women...

Abuse of older people is a single or a repeated act or a failure to act happening in a relationship between two persons based on trust that causes pain or disturbance on the part of the older person. Red Cross of Serbia is the initiator and the founding member of Humanas (the network of 15 civil society organisations dealing with the issues of olde...

Elder abuse is a serious problem-each year hundreds of thousands of seniors are abused. Although the problem is described, defined and legislatures exist in many countries elder abuse is not still recognized as public health problem. Red Cross of Serbia has organized education of volunteers in Elder Abuse and Discrimination topic which is very impo...