Dear Elder Advocate: Thank YOU for your letter and years of service in this area. Protecting the vulnerable is crucial but ...

Law-enforcement and social-services professionals see exploitation rising sharply. Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Kilmartin's office opened 128 financial-elder-abuse cases in 2011 ...

There has been no physical, financial, emotional, psychological elder abuse or neglect committed against ... Adult Protective Services, and other law enforcement agencies. The reality is that ...

When and where there are laws there can only be elder abuse if there is no manpower to police the law. Where there is manpower to police the law elder abuse can only exist if the officers are corrupt.

and financial abuse is one of the most common forms. According to the National Council on Aging, up to 5 million Americans suffer from financial elder abuse every year, with financial losses of at ...