About 90% of residents who are abuses are scared to report the incident so, therefore, the crime goes unpunished. Also, the abuser many be the elderly person’s only source of companionship which is another reason as to why they may be hesitant to report abuse (Krug, Dahlberg and Mercy). Another study concluded that only about 1 instance of elderly abuse out of 14 are actually reported and proper discipline happens; to people that believe this position they find that if they can fix this and get it to where more people report it, there will be more people who will be held accountable for their actions and therefore lower the abuse allegations. The people in this stance believe that to recognize abuse or neglect happening you first must be educated to know what abuse or neglect actually is. They believe that if we start to educate more of the people caring for these elderly and informing the elderly one what to do if they are abused there will be a drop in abuse allegations because people will start to become educated and know that they are victims of abuse or neglect, and they will know exactly how to report it and then the correct discipline can be
About 90% of residents who are abuses are scared to report the incident so, therefore, the crime goes unpunished. Also, the abuser many be the elderly person’s only source of companionship which is another reason as to why they may be hesitant to report abuse (Krug, Dahlberg and Mercy). Another study concluded that only about 1 instance of elderly abuse out of 14 are actually reported and proper discipline happens; to people that believe this position they find that if they can fix this and get it to where more people report it, there will be more people who will be held accountable for their actions and therefore lower the abuse allegations. The people in this stance believe that to recognize abuse or neglect happening you first must be educated to know what abuse or neglect actually is. They believe that if we start to educate more of the people caring for these elderly and informing the elderly one what to do if they are abused there will be a drop in abuse allegations because people will start to become educated and know that they are victims of abuse or neglect, and they will know exactly how to report it and then the correct discipline can be