Elder Abuse is divided into seven categories including: physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, financial exploitation, neglect, self-neglect, and miscellaneous. (Tatara, T., & Kuzmekus, L. B., 1997) The most common form of EOL elder abuse is neglect. Research shows that 49% of all EOL elder abuse cases are a direct result of neglect, and 84% of these cases go unreported to Adult Protective Services (APS). (National center on elder abuse, 1998) The notion that EOL elder abuse only affects those of lower economic status is untrue. Research has shown that regardless of economic status and ethnicity all elders are vulnerable to abuse. (Wolf R., Godkin M., Pillemer K., 1984)
