ELDER ABUSE AWARENESS

About one in ten persons 60 and older have been abused, neglected or financially exploited in the last twelve months.  This translates into approximately 5 million victims annually.  Compare this to an estimated 125 million child abuse victims and 2.3 million domestic violence victims. When combined, they receive billions of dollars in federal support for direct victim servies, training, data systems, information sharing and infrastructure, although together they represent less than thee-quarters of the number of elder abuse victims.~ Kathleen Quinn, Executive Director, National Adult Protective Services Association, Senate Special Committee on Aging Hearing: Broken Trust: Combating Financial Explotation of Vulnerable Seniors, February 4, 2025.