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Women with experience of elder abuse are sharing their stories in national forums to encourage others to seek help.

Violence against the elderly was already hard to track. Then the pandemic made it harder. Amy Thomas wasn’t new to social work. She had been helping vulnerable children and adults for more than 20 ...

A man received a five-decade sentence for transforming his elderly parents’ home “into a place of absolute terror,” the San ...

Before the pandemic, around 1 in 10 older adults in the U.S. experienced elder mistreatment. In 2020, this number doubled to 1 in 5—a nearly 84% increase. Since APS agencies do not receive dedicated ...

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A woman responsible for the care of an elderly man has been arrested on abuse charges, authorities in Connecticut said Thursday. According to police, 40-year-old Lydia Lungile, of Newark, N.J., ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - One woman is behind bars after she allegedly abused an elderly person and attacked multiple law enforcement officials during her arrest. Pettis County, Missouri, Circuit ...