B.C.’s seniors advocate has began a separate overview into elder abuse within the province after discovering the variety of calls to the seniors abuse and knowledge line has elevated considerably.
Isobel Mackenzie mentioned in her annual overview that there have been simply over 5,500 complete calls to the data line in 2019, a 27-per cent enhance from the 12 months earlier than.

However her report additionally mentioned it’s unclear how massive the issue is as a result of they don’t have the correct instruments to measure abuse or neglect of seniors, prompting her additional overview with a report due subsequent 12 months.
She mentioned the RCMP experiences that just about 1,700 seniors skilled a violent occasion final 12 months and 19,000 reported property crimes akin to theft or vandalism.

The report additionally discovered the variety of seniors backed housing models elevated for the primary time in 4 years.
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Mackenzie mentioned using antipsychotics and not using a prognosis has modified little within the final three years and using antidepressants is slowly growing.
The info within the report doesn’t replicate the intense impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
— With recordsdata from The Canadian Press
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