Claim: 200,000 elderly are abused by partners.
Fact-check: Over 200,000 elderly people experienced domestic abuse in 2017/18 - Full Fact
Verdict: around 210,000 people aged 60 to 74 in england and wales are estimated to have been victims of domestic abuse in 2017/18. of those people, 152,000 were victims of domestic abuse by a partner. however, the data is likely to underestimate the true extent of domestic abuse.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2019-10-04T00:00:00