Mental bullying 'accounts for one in three cases of elder abuse'

Psychological bullying accounted for more than a third of all cases of reported elder abuse last year.

Psychological bullying accounted for more than a third of all cases of reported elder abuse last year.

A quarter of older people fell victim to financial abuse in 2011, with a fifth suffering neglect and 12% being physically attacked.

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