The Untold Stories of Elder Mistreatment
January 2022
Article from National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA)
*CW: description of violence*
“Three years ago, as 86-year-old Evelyn was cooking dinner for herself and her 60-year-old son, Manny, who lived in the apartment next door, the pair began to argue about a subject neither can now recall. Though the origins of the disagreement are unclear, the events that followed have been unforgettable. The quarrel quickly devolved into a physical altercation.”