Most people are aware of child abuse prevention.
For more information on Elder Abuse, please read the following excerpts from the Administration on Aging's Fact Sheet. Institutional abuse refers to the maltreatment of an older person residing in a residential facility for older persons, e.g., a nursing home, board and care home, foster home, or group home. However, because abuse and neglect is still largely hidden under the shroud of family and personal secrecy, it is grossly underreported. To read or obtain copies of the Administration on Aging's Fact Sheet report in its entirety, click here . You may report nursing home abuse to your local Department of Health in the county where the nursing home is located.