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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has concluded there is insufficient evidence to recommend screening older adults for caregiver abuse and neglect, even as new data reveals the widespread nature ...

Discover what child abuse is, its types, signs, and effects. WebMD helps you understand how to spot abuse and take action to protect children's well-being.

Neglect Can Be as Damaging to Child Development as Abuse, in Some Ways By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Jan. 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Simple neglect can be as damaging to a child ...

In the 2016-17 fiscal year, 49.5% of abuse and neglect investigations missed the deadline or lacked proper paperwork to know. The year after that, it was 46%. That number decreased to 35.4% in ...

Reports of child abuse and neglect can be made 24 hours a day, seven days a week by calling the New York State Central Register (SCR) Child Abuse and Maltreatment Hotline. All calls are confidential.

Lorain County Adult Protective Services is grappling with a dramatic rise in elder abuse cases, marked by increasingly complex and severe incidents of neglect, abuse and financial exploitation. So far ...

Investigations of abuse and neglect by workers at care facilities can drag on for over a year, a new audit of the Louisiana Health Department shows. The delays can create safety risks for residents.

In 2017, Indiana had the third-highest rate of child abuse and neglect investigations and second-highest rate of child abuse and neglect victims in the country, according to the U.S. Department of ...

The number of known cases of abuse and neglect among children in North Carolina have declined over 30 years. But the official count of children dying from abuse or neglect has increased since 2018.

Abuse and neglect in New Jersey group homes for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities is a pervasive issue. Underpaid, undertrained, and overworked staffs contribute to the ...

All adults are required to report child abuse and neglect in Florida. Here's what to know Five Palm Beach County school employees were arrested in 2023 and charged with failing to report abuse.