Mala Kapur Shankardass, India

Interviewed in January 2012 on the sidelines of the conference REACTIS “Le droit de vieillir” which was held in Dijon, France.

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Question 1:

How did you get interested in the mistreatment of older adults and to research ?

Question 2:

From your perspective, what is the role of research in the fight against mistreatment of older adults ?

Question 3:

How do you see the contribution of your research to the developement of knowledge, practice and to the elaboration of social policies ?

Question 4:

In your opinion, what are now the key issues in research, social policies and practice ?

Question 5:

What are the research avenues that should be most focused upon in the coming years for you or other researchers ?