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One in five elderly bullied by peers
A study showed last year that 1 in 5 senior citizens in retirement homes are bullied by their fellow residents. Hester Trompeter, student behavioural sciences at the Radboud University in Nijmegen, interviewed 121 residents. According to Trouw, the bullying took the shape of ignoring people, gossiping and systematically shutting others out from common activities. Study [...]