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Study Finds that 13% of Seniors are Mistreated
Posted on Nov 10, 2008
A recent study has reported that 13 percent of American seniors suffer mistreatment as a result of various forms of abuse.
The study was conducted by University of Chicago researchers who said that the main forms of abuse were verbal (9 percent), financial (3.5 percent) and physical (0.2 percent). Researchers also discovered that seniors who had some type of physical impairment were most vulnerable to verbal abuse.
"Older people with any physical vulnerability are about 13 percent more likely than those without one to report verbal mistreatment, but are not more likely to report financial mistreatment," said study co-author Linda Waite, a professor of sociology, in a university news release.
The data studied was taken from 3,005 community-dwelling adults, ages 57 to 85. Researchers found that adults in their late 50s and 60s are more likely to report verbal or financial abuse than those who are older. This discrepancy is believed to be explained by the possibility that these seniors were including fairly routine arguments with their spouse, sibling or child in their reports or that older adults are more reticent to report negative behavior, according to lead author Edward Laumann, a professor of sociology.
Based on the study, women were twice as likely as men to report verbal abuse. Hispanics were almost half as likely as whites to report verbal abuse and 78 percent less likely to report financial abuse. African Americans were 77 percent more likely than whites to report financial abuse.
Among the study participants who reported verbal abuse, 26 percent said that their spouse or romantic partner was responsible, 15 percent said it was their children and the remainder said it was their friends, neighbors, co-workers or bosses. For those that reported financial abuse, 57 percent said that a relative other than a spouse, parent or child was responsible.
This study was published in the Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences.
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