Their vulnerability can make them targets of abusers and con artists. Elder abuse Between 1986 and 1996 reports of domestic elder abuse increased 150 percent. Seniors aged 80 and older are two to three times more likely to suffer abuse than seniors younger than 80. In 90 percent of cases in which the perpetrator was known, the perpetrator was a family member. Two-thirds of those perpetrators were adult children or spouses.
Every state has laws addressing elder abuse.
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