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  2. The truth is that for every case of abuse reported there may be five times more that are not, according to Blancato. In the area of financial abuse, victims can lose up to $3 billion a year on the low side and as high as $36 billion a year. According to the Justice Department, one out of ten people are victims of some form of elder abuse.
  3. Elder abuse is "an insidious and tragic social problem," a New York study of cases across the state concluded in 2011. The report, spearheaded by the nonprofit group Lifespan and based on more than 4,156 interviews with seniors, estimated that some 260,000 New Yorkers suffered elder abuse in a year, not including nursing home residents and ...
  4. Sexual abuse, while one of the least common forms of elder abuse, is most often seen in nursing home settings. Another emerging and difficult problem is violence -- sexual, or verbal attacks by residents against other residents, says Mark Lachs, MD , a pioneer in the field of elder abuse research, medical director of the New York City Elder ...
  5. Domestic Abuse-is all about power over the elder and control of their decisions. While similar to domestic abuse of younger people (typically women), it's unique in that the elder victim may be 100% reliant on their abuser for food or medicine. There are great programs exclusively designed to protect and shelter elderly abuse victims.
  6. In a domestic setting, neglect is the most common type of abuse (55%), followed by physical abuse (14.6%), financial and material exploitation (12.3 percent), emotional abuse (7.7 %), sexual abuse (less than 1 percent), and other types of abuse (6.1 percent), as reported by the NCEA.
  7. The National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the prevention of abuse and neglect of older persons and adults with disabilities. Direct donations will help increase recognition by policy makers, professionals, and the public about elder abuse and the need for new services, maintain the website, and support affiliates in building grassroots ...
  8. As we close the holiday season, we are reminded that one sad reality, elder abuse, takes no holiday. In fact, recent studies show that abuse of older adults, especially financial abuse, increases dramatically during the holiday season. Today, more than one in ten older adults will be victims of some form of elder abuse, with a collective loss of almost $3 billion a year.
  9. Human trafficking is not generally associated with disability by the average person, nor is it for many who work in the field. It is usually understood in a fairly predictable context such as forcing deaf and disabled children to beg, or abducting and in some cases disabling/dismembering children for this purpose. As horrific as this is, it is ...
  10. Diddy's Reality Show Nixed Before Production Even Begins Amid Abuse Allegations. Newly Proposed Census Revisions Could Undercount Millions Of Disabled Americans. ... San Francisco's DA says prosecutors are having trouble with defendants who claim to be victims of human trafficking, but it's hard to find many instances where that's happened. ...

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