Silent suffering: the plague of elder abuse

• NCJ Number: 311374
• Journal: Nature Aging Volume: 2 Dated: 2022 Pages: 771–772
• Date Published: September 2022
• Author(s): Kathleen Wilber; Kelly Marnfeldt
• Length: 2 pages
• Grant Number(s): 2020-75-CX-0001
• Agencies: NIJ-Sponsored
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical)

Abstract

Elder abuse has been recognized as a serious problem for decades. Yet rigorous studies are rare. Burnes and colleagues move the field forward by identifying how pervasive the problem is, the factors that increase and decease vulnerability, and how these factors change over a three-year period.

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