Tag: elder abuse

The insidious crime of financial elder abuse is growing, and ethnic elders are especially vulnerable to family, friends and even organized crime.

Although five other California counties provide elder court services by combining criminal elder-abuse cases and restraining-order requests, only this Contra Costa County court has relegated all elder legal issues to one special courtroom.

Elder abuse and neglect are growing problems with the rapid aging of the United States, but Chinese seniors in this country face special challenges, according to a new study presented at the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) annual convention.