Social isolation, stay-at-home measures, and staff shortages at long-term care facilities have been implicated in the sharp increase in elder abuse cases during the COVID-19 pandemic. What to know:Elder abuse, already on the rise, has skyrocketed during the pandemic. Laura Mosqueda, MD, director of the National Center on Elder Abuse, says the intensity of abuse also increased, with pandemic-related stressors on caregivers contributing to escalation of verbal abuse and physical violence. An aging population and a lack of trained caregivers mean that even when the pandemic ends, experts anticipate that elder abuse will continue to increase. This is a summary of the article "Elder Abuse Spreads, Stoked by the Pandemic" published by The Wall Street Journal on December 28, 2021.

Source: Wall Street Journal January 05, 2022 01:08 UTC