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Silent suffering: the plague of elder abuse

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Elder abuse has been recognized as a serious problem for decades. Yet rigorous studies are rare. Burnes and colleagues move the field forward by identifying how pervasive the problem is, the factors that increase and decease vulnerability, and how these factors change over a three-year period.

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The work of K.W. and K.M. was supported in part by award 2020-75-CX-0001, awarded by the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, US Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Department of Justice.

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Wilber, K., Marnfeldt, K. Silent suffering: the plague of elder abuse. Nat Aging 2, 771–772 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43587-022-00282-0

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