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Silent suffering: the plague of elder abuse

NCJ Number
311374
Journal
Nature Aging Volume: 2 Dated: 2022 Pages: 771–772
Author(s)
Kathleen Wilber; Kelly Marnfeldt
Date Published
September 2022
Length
2 pages
Abstract

Elder abuse has been recognized as a serious problem for decades. Yet rigorous studies are rare. Burnes and colleagues move the field forward by identifying how pervasive the problem is, the factors that increase and decease vulnerability, and how these factors change over a three-year period.

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