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Tuesday, 15 April 2008

Preventing the 5 Kinds of Elder Abuse

Elder abuse affects four percent of the elder population every year. But, according to experts, less than one in 14 cases of elder abuse is reported to law enforcement authorities. Elder abuse is any action that victimizes your parent to the gain of another person. The abuse may be financial in nature or physically abusive to the elder. It may be deliberate in its harm; or it may be caused by incompetence of the person offering a particular caregiving service.

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