According to a study from the National Center on Elder Abuse, "between 1 and 2 million Americans age 65 or older have been injured, exploited, or otherwise mistreated by someone on whom they depended for care or protection."
• National Center on Elder Abuse (Setheo sa Naga se se Itebagantseng le Batsofe ba ba Sotlwang) ya re go ya ka diphopholetso tse di leng teng, "palo e e fa gare ga Baamerika ba le milione le dimilione tse pedi ba ba nang le dingwaga tse 65 le go feta ba ile ba gobadiwa, ba jewa ntsoma kana ba tshwara makgwakgwa ka tsela nngwe ke mongwe yo ba neng ba lebeletse gore a ba tlhokomele a bo a ba sireletse."