Objective: Analyze the scientific evidence on violence against the elderly in the family context
in times of the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: This is an integrative literature review, which
included searches in the online databases and virtual library virtual Bdenf, SciELO, Lilacs, WOS,
Medline, Cinahl, Science Direct and Scopus, in the period from 2019 to 2022, with the
descriptors controlled by DeCS and MeSH. Results: The types of violence against the elderly in
the family context during the covid-19 pandemic detected were financial abuse, neglect,
abandonment, psychological abuse and physical abuse, with the last two standing out in
relation to the others. The most relevant aggressors were children or spouses of children. Final
considerations: The review showed the types of violence against the elderly, which were
financial abuse, neglect, abandonment, psychological abuse and physical abuse, with the most
frequent aggressors being the children of the elderly
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