Though elder abuse and neglect is a wide spread problem affecting 1 out of 10 older persons, and 1 out of 2 older persons with dementia, the consequences for perpetrators are minimal. Sentencing enhancements have been used successfully to deter other types of crime and could be a promising intervention for elder abuse. Please address the lack of consequences for perpetrators of elder abuse and neglect.
This is historical material “frozen in time”. The website is no longer updated and links to external websites and some internal pages may not work.
