27 elderly people died after abuse at home in 2007: gov't survey
07th October 2008
TOKYO — Twenty-seven people aged 65 or older died in fiscal 2007 after suffering abuse at home by relatives who were taking care of them, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Monday. Of the 27 who died, 13 were victims of murder, four died in murder-suicide cases involving their relatives, seven died after relatives gave up caring for them and the remaining three died after being assaulted by relatives.
Of the cases, 63.7% were categorized as physical abuse, 38.3% as verbal and other psychological abuse, 28% as abandonment of care and 25.8% as financial abuse, such as taking their assets away. Some of the cases in those categories overlap. The number of reports received by local authorities about abuse of elderly people was 19,971, up 1,581.
SOURCE: Japan Today
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