Older adults who are embarrassed, ashamed, or fearful of retaliation by their abusers may be reluctant to report such experiences. This makes the official prevalence rates of Elder abuse quite low.
<h3>What is Elder abuse?</h3>
The lack of appropriate action can be a single act or repeated act within any relationship where it is usually expected to have some trust but which causes stress or harm to an older person, which is called Elder abuse. It can be neglect, physical abuse, feeling of abandonment, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, or financial abuse. One can find elder abuse in cuts and physical injuries, rope marks on the wrist, some unusual sprain or overdose of drugs, etc.
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