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ELDER ABUSE IS A CRIME: A report from Action against Elder Abuse
Elder abuse is a crime - now let’s make it one.
Foreword
Elder abuse is a major problem across the World. In the UK alone between 500,000 and 800,000 older people are abused in their own homes each year.
Too many old people are suffering and dying, or losing their life savings due to abuse. Too many relatives are disgusted with the lack of justice, the lack of fairness, the lack of any deterrence.
This must stop.