The extent of abuse of older people by health or social care workers is not known. The most recent study is now over ten years old. There have been numerous instances of protracted institutional abuse,including Beech House, North Lakelands and Rowan Ward. Witness is a member of a new Alliance on Elder Abuse formed to lobby for changes and improvements to protection measures. The House of Commons Health Select Committee held an inquiry in 2003/04 into Elder Abuse.
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