Via BBC News (14 June):
Hundreds of thousands of elderly people are being abused in their own homes, research suggests. The study, funded by the government and Comic Relief, suggests that in eight out of 10 cases the abuser is someone well known to the elderly person.
[…] The UK Study of Abuse and Neglect report said the survey meant as many as 342,000 older people might have been victims of abuse, ranging from financial fraud to emotional abuse and even assault.
The report also said the research suggested 105,000 people in the UK had suffered 10 or more separate instances of neglect.
The full report, which was compiled by a team of researchers from the National Centre for Social Research and from King’s College London, can be downloaded in pdf format via this page, which also provides links to a summary of the report (pdf) and the press release (word doc).
Previous PCN posts on elder abuse here.
Reference:
- Madeleine O’Keeffe, Amy Hills, Melanie Doyle, Claudine McCreadie, Shaun Scholes, Rebecca Constantine, Anthea Tinker, Jill Manthorpe, Simon Biggs, Bob Erens (2007). UK Study of Abuse and Neglect of Older People: Prevalence Survey Report. [PDF] Prepared for Comic Relief and the Department of Health
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