#17 Elder Abuse
Jul 29, 2021 ·
17m 16s
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One in five older persons in the study sample (n = 191; 21.3%) reported elder abuse, an increase of 83.6% from prevalence estimates before the pandemic. Prior to the pandemic...
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One in five older persons in the study sample (n = 191; 21.3%) reported elder abuse, an increase of 83.6% from prevalence estimates before the pandemic. Prior to the pandemic this was one in ten. That’s an increase of almost 84% thats Huge ! And according to The National Council on Aging Up to 5 Million elders are abused every year costing an estimated 36.5 Billion dollars that is scammed every year. And the worst of all statistic is only 1 in 24 is reported. To report Abuse in Illinois adult protective services is in Illinois 1866-800-1409 and Nationally is 1-855-500-3537 (ELDR) from the National Center on Elder abuse https://ncea.acl.gov/ or via email
At ncea-info@aoa.hhs.gov
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At ncea-info@aoa.hhs.gov
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| Author | Joyce Schulz-Killian |
| Organization | Joyce Schulz-Killian |
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