Alaska: Elder Abuse Data and Statistics
February 16, 2010 by Elder Abuse Daily · Leave a Comment
Anchorage Municipality has the greatest number of reported and unreported cases of elder abuse, accounting for nearly 40% of all of Alaska’s cases, according to EADaily.com estimates. Matanuska-Susitna and Fairbanks North Star boroughs have the second and third most cases of elder abuse, respectively. Just two regions, Anchorage Municipality and Fairbanks North Star borough, account [...]
Elder Abuse Data and Statistics
February 15, 2010 by Elder Abuse Daily · Leave a Comment
There are nearly 6 million cases of elder abuse every year. That’s approximately one case every five seconds. Unfortunately, many of these cases will go unreported. According to EADaily.com’s projections, California continues to be the state with the greatest number of elder abuse cases in the U.S., with 36% more than that of Florida, a [...]
California: Elder Abuse Data and Statistics
February 10, 2010 by Elder Abuse Daily · Leave a Comment
EADaily.com estimates that Los Angeles County, CA, has approximately 160,000 cases of elder and nursing home abuse every year, with most of these cases going unreported. LA County alone represents over 25% of all cases in California. LA is followed by Orange County at approximately 53,000 cases, or 8.4% of the state’s cases of elderly abuse. [...]
How to Report Slip and Falls
January 23, 2010 by Elder Abuse Daily · Leave a Comment
Slip and falls are common across the United States. Despite the fact that slip and falls are preventable, they are still one of the most common injuries that take place within a nursing home. Here is a list of things that you can do, to protect the elderly from a slip and fall within a [...]
Report Wrongful Deaths
January 23, 2010 by Elder Abuse Daily · Leave a Comment
There are many cases of wrongful deaths that occur as a result of nursing home abuse or neglect, across the U.S., ever year. Many of these deaths involve the elderly, as they tend to be the most vulnerable group. While it may be difficult attribute a wrongful death to a particular incident (or incidents) at [...]
Alabama: Elder Abuse Prevention
August 15, 2009 by Elder Abuse Daily · Leave a Comment
According to Alabama’s Department of Human Resources, in 1992, there were 8,850 cases of adult abuse in the state, with many involving older victims.Another report released by Alabama’s Adult Protective Services revelealed that there were about 840 reported cases of elderly abuse in 2004.The data below is the estimated number of elder abuse cases in [...]
Arizona: Elder Abuse Data and Statistics
April 5, 2009 by Elder Abuse Daily · Leave a Comment
According to EADaily.com estimates, Maricopa County has nearly 66,587 cases of elder abuse (reported and unreported) every year. This accounts for 54% of all cases of abuse in Arizona. Pima, has approximately 21,000 cases of abuse annually, followed by Yavapai County.
Arizona: Elder Abuse
April 4, 2009 by Elder Abuse Daily · Leave a Comment
Thousands of cases of alleged abuse, neglect and/or exploitation is reported in Arizona each year, with many of the cases involving an elderly person. Self-neglect is one of the more common allegations. Self-neglect occurs when the basic needs, such as food, water and shelter, of an elderly person is not met. Less common reported cases also include neglect, physical, financial, psychological and/or sexual abuse.
Alabama: Elder Abuse Data and Statistics
April 4, 2009 by Elder Abuse Daily · Leave a Comment
According to Alabama’s Department of Human Resources, in 1992, there were 8,850 cases of adult abuse in the state, with many involving older victims.Another report released by Alabama’s Adult Protective Services revelealed that there were about 840 reported cases of elderly abuse in 2004.The data below is the estimated number of elder abuse cases in [...]
Alabama: Elder Abuse
April 3, 2009 by Elder Abuse Daily · Leave a Comment
Ever year, it is estimated that there are up to 5,000,000 cases of elder abuse, with most cases going unreported. As Alabama’s elder population continues to grow, the number of elder abuse cases increases along with it. What is elder abuse? As seniors grow older, they generally become more physically frail and less capable of [...]