By Aryka Randall, Contributing Writer
San Diego County is doing a great job providing community support to our Seniors in the city. In an effort to educate the general public on Elder Abuse and how to properly report it, ElderHelp hosted a Family Caregiver webinar November 16 with guest speaker Jonathan Tague who serves as the Outreach & Education Specialist with the Aging & Independence Service (AIS) in San Diego.
Tague gave a thorough breakdown on the categories of elderly abuse that occur as well as statistics on who is more likely to abuse elders.
“Statistically, 64% of elders are being abused by someone they know and the most common forms of abuse are physical, neglect, and financial,” he told attendees. There were also reports that over one-third of the calls made regarding elder abuse involved elders with Dementia.
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