Most of the Victims Are White,middle- to Lower-Middle-Class Protestant Women,aged

Most of the victims are white,middle- to lower-middle-class Protestant women,aged 75 to 85,who suffer some form of impairment.Sons,followed by daughters,were the most frequent abusers of older persons.Abusers are very likely to be dependent on the older person for housing and financial assistance.Today,almost every state has enacted mandatory reporting laws regarding elder abuse or has provided some type of governmental protection for older persons.Cases of abuse and neglect of older people are highly dramatized in the media because they offend very central values in the United States-respect for and consideration of older persons.