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Elder abuse increasing, without increased awareness
About 16% of older adults are victims of some form of mistreatment and the number of reported cases of elder abuse is steadily increasing.
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Because of poor record-keeping, however, those of us who study elder abuse don’t know if the trend reflects an actual increase, an increase because of growing numbers of older adults, or only an…
Elder abuse involves intentional or unintentional acts that result in physical, emotional or financial harm to an individual who is 65 years or older.
In the Western world, one could make the case elder abuse was brought to public awareness in 1608 with the publication of…