C) The Need for Multilateral Efforts to Eradicate Elder Abuse Among elder abuse, abuse by spouses is increasing, and abuse of the elderly with dementia, who have difficulty communicating, is becoming a social problem. This can be seen as a result of the increased possibility of abuse, such as violence or neglect, against the elderly in a situation where movement is inevitably restricted and isolated due to social distancing in the context of COVID-19. However, even though the number of elderly and the number of elderly people with dementia continue to increase, the problems arising from a spouse caring for another spouse suffering from dementia or other geriatric diseases can be attributable to the government’s lack of efforts for resolution. Without the proper intervention of the state, these problems could be further aggravated in the event of an economic downturn in the future. Diene Keita, Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), said that with the rise in domestic violence following the global spread of COVID-19, another crisis is growing within the crisis. In the case of elder abuse at home, the ever-increasing number of abuse reports, cases of abuse cases, and low investigation and accusation rates compared to abuse determinations all seem to reflect the uniqueness of Korean society. It is not that elder abuse is on the rise in Korean society or that there is special problem with institutions that investigate elder abuse. But there are still many cases of elder abuse hidden in Korean society, and there are various circumstances in which measures cannot be taken against the will of the abuse victims on the scene. However, one of the biggest problems with elder abuse in the home is that the victim tends to find the cause of the abuse in themselves, and as they become accustomed to human rights violations, it can lead to more serious human rights violations. Therefore, in interventions for elder abuse victims, it is important to have a thorough understanding of the victim, including shame or self-abasement, which is a psychological and emotional area, and it is necessary to encourage a change in the perception of the elderly through continuous counseling and intervention. To this end, it is also important to prepare an institutional device through which the state the issue of social isolation and ‘ageism’ of the elderly 149