How does the abuse of older adults differ from child abuse?
Identifying abuse of older adults is difficult unless there is outright battering. It is rarely reported by the older adult because they fear loss of living arrangements or retaliation. They are ashamed that the very children they raised and nurtured would do such a thing.
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Child abuse seems easier to observe, although the abuser may be able to rationalize "what really happened." Young children aren't necessarily aware that their abuser would retaliate or make them leave their home.
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