Elder AbuseIntroductionMr. White, an 81-year-old widower suffering from a stroke, lives with the only family left for him, his half-sister and his daughter. The pair cared for him by accompanying Mr White to his appointments and to the bank to ask for money to pay bills. Due to his declining health and gratitude towards his half-sister, he has greatly relied on his half-sister to manage all of his finances. Mr. White is so blinded by their hypocrisy that he didn't know the two were gamblers. From that day on they secretly spent his money on their personal interests. Their interest in Mr. White has also diminished as he is often left without food while the two are busy playing at the casino. After losing large sums of money, they would let their emotions explode by pinching him and yelling at him that he is worthless and a burden. Mr. White has lost 30 pounds. in 3 months and locks himself in his room whenever the two are around. Mr. White is experiencing a usually hidden and underreported problem called elder abuse. Elder abuse, according to the World Health Organization (par.1), (as cited in Daly & Schoenfelder, 2011, p.11) is “a single or repeated act, or lack of appropriate action, which occurs occurs within any relationship where there is an expectation of trust that causes harm or distress to an older person.” Research estimates that 700,000 to 1.2 million adults over the age of 65 suffer from elder abuse (Taylor C., Lillis C., LeMone P., Lynn P, 2011, p. 426). This number is much lower than the accurate number of incidents because only 1 in 10 cases are reported. (Taylor et al., p. 426). Elder abuse is in fact more widespread than we think. So, th...... half of the paper......2), 4-5.Lewis, S., Dirksen, S., Heitkemper, M., Bucher, L., Camera, I., (2012). Medical-surgical nursing: Evaluation and management of clinical problems. (8th edition) St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Mosby. National Center on Elder Abuse. (2011). Main types of elder abuse. Retrieved from http://www. ncea.aoa.gov.NCEAroot/Main_site/FAQ/Basics/Types_Of_Abuse.aspx.National Center on Elder Abuse. (2007). Main types of elder abuse. Retrieved from http://www.ncea.aoa.gov/NCEAroot/Main_Site/FAQ/Basics/Type_Of_Abuse.aspx.Taylor, C.R., LeMone, P., Lillis, C., & Lynn, P. (2012). Fundamentals of Nursing: The art and science of nursing. (6th ed.). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. World Health Organization. (n.d.). Aging and the life course: elder abuse. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/ageing/projects/elder_abuse/en/index.html.