By the Numbers

As we live longer than ever before, millions more Americans are facing physical and cognitive decline and isolation, putting them at higher risk for elder abuse, neglect and exploitation.

Isolation, dementia, caregiver burden, and “self-neglect” all also increase the risk of elder abuse.

~15%

Of cases ever come to light, so 85% of victims don’t get help

Sources

1. Ron Acierno et al., Prevalence and Correlates of Emotional, Physical, Sexual, and Financial Abuse and Potential Neglect in the United States: The National Elder Mistreatment Study, 100 Am. J. Pub. Health 292 (2010).