Try: Every year tens of thousands of elderly americans are abused in their own homes in relatives’ homes and even in facilities responsible for their care as elders become more physically frail they’re less able to stand up to bullying and or fight back if attacked they may not see or hear as well or think as clearly as they used to leaving openings for unscrupulous people to take advantage of them mental or physical ailments may make them more trying companions for the people who live with them types of abuse abuse of elders takes many different forms some involving intimidation or threats against the elderly some involving neglect and others involving financial fraud or theft the most common types of elder abuse are physical emotional sexual neglect or abandonment by caregivers financial exploitation healthcare fraud and abuse general signs of abuse the following are warning signs of some kind of elder abuse frequent arguments or tension between the caregiver and the elderly person changes in personality or behavior in the elder information references "elder abuse and neglect warning signs risk factors prevention and help" laurence robinson tina de benedictis and jeanne segal 2011 available at

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Keywords: Elder abuse sexual abuse fraud neglect emotional abuse psychological abuse criminal activity

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