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April 4, 2019 - By: Danbury-Seniors
According to a recent article in The News Times by By Kate Farrish CONN. HEALTH I-TEAM WRITER, State interventions into elder abuse have more than double from 2011 through 2017.
The number of reported abuse cases rose from 3,529 to 7,196 during that span.
In 2017, the state Department of Social Services received 11,123 reports of elder abuse and decided that 7,196 warranted an investigation. That year, self-neglect — when adults are unable to provide for their own basic care — was the most common type of elder abuse reported to DSS, at 30 percent, followed by neglect by others, financial exploitation, emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse and abandonment.
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