16 March 2017 4 3K Report

I am interested in knowing why many older people are abused or deceived economically by ignorance or vulnerability.

Many vulnerable elderly people are deceived by their own families in order to obtain an economic benefit.

In addition they can also suffer physical violence by relatives or carers for the simple fact of being defenseless before the physical or verbal aggressions of the same ones. 

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