The World Health Organization now estimates that 1 in 6 adults over the age of 60 have experienced elder abuse. Lawyers, senior advocates and health care professionals know the signs and symptoms of ...

Emotional abuse centers around control, manipulation, isolation, and demeaning or threatening behavior. Signs of abuse include: • Monitoring and controlling a person’s behavior, such as who ...

SMSFs are a structure that can heighten and exacerbate issues around elder abuse, a leader in the aged care sector has said.

SAN ANTONIO — A new policy in San Antonio aims to better equip city employees to identify signs of elder abuse. The ...

Wendy Williams’ guardianship is being investigated as “elder abuse,” according to ... Williams Show” host called her situation “emotional abuse.” “I am not cognitively impaired ...

Experts say elder abuse in rural communities is a problem, but finding ways to solve it means clarifying how states define it and who should report it.

Woman in Miami Shores, Florida, faces charges of child abuse and elderly abuse after allegedly mistreating her son and an elderly man.

Ironically, the increasing incidents of elderly abuse by close relatives is happening in an era when there’s constant chatter ...

Psychological or emotional abuse As if seniors aren’t ... While this absolutely does happen, there are other environments where elder abuse is a concern. The NIH shares that elder abuse can ...