About one in 10 older adults is estimated to have experienced elder abuse, which can include physical, verbal, sexual and psychological mistreatment, along with neglect and financial exploitation, according
to the National Center on Elder Abuse. Much of that abuse goes unnoticed by friends, family members and even
emergency room doctors.
One new study published in the Journal of
the American Geriatrics Society found that elder abuse was diagnosed in
just one in 7,700 ER visits by older adults — a number that shows the
problem often goes undocumented.
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