Analysis of data from the Health and Social Care Information Centre showed a 4% rise in cases of alleged elder abuse referred for investigation over the past year, with the total number of cases rising from 108,000 in 2011/2012 to 112,000 in 2012/2013. Charities like Age UK urged the government to do more to protect vulnerable adults, while the government said more measures were being introduced, including a new Chief Inspector for Social Care and potential criminal accountability for care home directors and hospital managers that allow neglect or abuse. Physical abuse and neglect were the most common types of abuse reported, with abuse most often occurring in the elder's own home or a care home, and most often allegedly carried out by a social care worker.

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Analysis of data from the Health and Social Care Information Centre
(HSCIC) showed a 4% rise in the number of cases of alleged abuse referred
for investigation in the past year.
Age UK urged the government to do more to protect vulnerable
adults.
The government said more measures were in the process of being
introduced.
A Department of Health spokesman said: "No-one should suffer abuse or neglect in a place they are
meant to feel safe in, whether this is in their own home or in a care setting."
A new Chief Inspector for Social Care would hold local areas to account for abuse, the spokesman
added. New measures were also being considered to make directors of care homes and hospitals
personally and criminally accountable for failures in care if they allowed neglect and abuse to take
place.
HSCIC figures showed that the number of cases referred for investigation by councils in England rose
from 108,000 in 2011/2012, to 112,000 in 2012/2013.
Of these, 38% of the alleged abuse took place in the older person's home, while 45% took place in a
care home.
Physical abuse and neglect were the most common types of abuse reported.
In 6% of cases the alleged abuser was the older person's partner, in 16% it was another family
member and in 37% a social care worker.
Abuse is more common now than
it was 1 year ago
Charities have already tried to tempt the
government to spend time trying to solve this
problem
Government say they are already in the process of
resolving but may feel it is not top priority
A person of importance in the health
department find this issue very
serious which is helpful to get it fixed.
Investigation and measures in place to find
out why it is happening and who is to blame
but only in places where the victim is placed
into care.
The number of cases may have
gone up by 5000 because more
elderly people are being put into
care
Abuse is taking place more in care homes
but is still substantially high in their own
homes.
The area of physical abuse is one that needs
to be focused on mostly
The amount of cases where it is either the
victims partner of family member are low
however the number of cases involving
carers is massively greater so that should
also be a main focus