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institutional elder abuse, neglect, and maltreatment  

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  • The maltreatment of people over the age of 60 is commonly referred to as elder abuse. The National Association of Adult Protective Services delineates three basic categories of elder abuse: (1) domestic elder abuse, (2) institutional elder abuse, and (3) self-neglect or self-abuse. [Source: Encyclopedia of Victimology and Crime Prevention; Elder Abuse, Neglect, and Maltreatment: Institutional]

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