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Financial Abuse of Elderly ‘Rampant, but Invisible’, Says UN Expert

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Two elderly retirees chat on park bench. (Source: World Bank/Celine Ferre)
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—June 14, 2018
By: UN Media Relations

Older people are increasingly subject to financial abuse, in many cases by their own family members, a United Nations human rights expert warned on Thursday.

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“Financial abuse of older personsis rampant but largely invisible, and the problem is expected to grow dramatically with the ageing of our societies”, said the UN-appointed independent expert on the…

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