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While
facts can be taken out of context, they do provide
an inciteful snapshot into the scope and severity
of elder abuse and nursing home neglect. The following
is a list of interesting facts dealing with the
elder abuse.
- In
2001, 32% of the American population was 60
years or older.
- Well
over 15,000 nursing homes exist in the U.S.
- From
1986 to 1994, the incidence of elder abuse doubled
from 120,000 cases to over 240,000 cases per
year.
- Elder
abuse, defined by state law, is broken up into
three categories, including institutional elder
abuse, domestic abuse, and self-abuse.
- Almost
one million senior citizens are victimized each
year (including institutional elder abuse, domestic
elder abuse, financial, and self abuse).
- The
median age of elder abuse victims (excluding
self-neglecting elders) in 1994 was 76.5 years.
- In
almost 90% of the elder abuse and neglect incidents
with a known perpetrator, the perpetrator is
a family member, with two-thirds being adult
children or spouses.
- Physical
abuse is the second leading type of elder abuse.
- Persons,
aged 80 years and older, suffered elder abuse
and neglect two to three times their proportion
of the older population
- Almost
half of substantiated abused and neglected elderly
were not physically able to care for themselves.
- General
nursing home neglect is the most pervasive problem
with institutional care.
- Perpetrators
are often adult children serving as caregiver.
- Almost
four times as many new incidents of elder abuse,
nursing home neglect, or self-neglect were not
reported as compared to those that were reported.
(Adult Protective Services Agencies)
- In
1994, the median age of self-neglecting elders
was 77.2 years.
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