Plans for Government’s national policy on adult safeguarding also in an ‘advanced stage’, following rise in reports of safeguarding issues
Psychological abuse is the most common category reported to the HSE. Photo: Getty
Senan Molony and Mary Regan
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Elder abuse is to be made a specific criminal offence by Government, with the new laws targeting the coercive control of seniors by their children or relatives.
There has been an alarming rise in reports of elder abuse, with complaints doubling since the start of the Covid pandemic to more than 7,500 in a year.