The_National_Elder_Abuse_Incidence_Study

The National Elder Abuse Incidence Study The National Elder Abuse Incidence Study Executive Summary Introduction and Background America's burgeoning elder population has affected every segment of the social, political, and economic landscape. Public debate of the issues surrounding the special needs of the approximately 44 million persons in this country age 60 years and over has heightened national awareness and concern. As a result, public policies relating to issues such as retirement security, affordable long-term care, and quality of life are changing to meet the unique needs of the aging population. Yet, as the public looks toward improving the lives of the elderly, abuse and neglect of elders living in their own homes have gone largely unidentified and unnoticed. The National Elder Abuse Incidence Study has shed new light on this significant problem with the finding that approximately 450,000 elderly persons in domestic settings were abused and/or neglected during 1996. When elderly persons who experienced self-neglect are added, the number increases to approximately 551,000 in 1996. Additionall! y, through this study we have learned that: · Female elders are abused at a higher rate than males, after accounting for their larger proportion in the aging population. · Our oldest elders (80 years and over) are abused and neglected at two abuse, neglect, elder, neais, aps, percent, elders, study, estimates, estimate, data, confidence, abused, reported, neglected, incidents, unreported, sentinel, report, number, agencies, elderly, research, reports, national, domestic, 1996, persons, band, substantiated, sentinels, self-neglect, new, and/or, unduplicated, true