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S.F. officials say elder abuse common
May 25, 2005
According to the executive director of San Francisco's Department of Human Services, it can be very common for the elderly to become involved in a relationship with someone who may take advantage of them. Mary Twomey of the Elder Abuse Prevention program of San Francisco's Institute on Aging said that public awareness on elder abuse is very far behind, but that more public response and more elder abuse cases prosecuted will occur.
Based on the numbers and reports, immediate public response to elder abuse is necessary. The 2000 census showed there were more than 14,000 people in San Francisco aged 85 years and older - which is the group most susceptible to elder abuse.
Care in a nursing home can be expensive opposed to paying a couple hundred dollars a week to have someone come into a home for a few hours to help an elderly person. There was a 15 percent increase in San Franciscan people receiving in home supportive services, and while elder abuse in nursing homes is another problematic issue across the nation, elderly who stay in their homes and rely on just a couple people to deliver meals or help out sometimes have no other communication with the outside world- making elder abuse problematic.
For every case of elder abuse reported, according to Twomey, there are five that are not. There are many forms of elder abuse, including neglect, psychological abuse, financial exploitation, physical abuse and sexual abuse. At greatest risk for becoming a victim of elder abuse are women 80 years of age and older, isolated or suffering from dementia.
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