What type of abuse do you think is most prevalent in the areas where you live and work?

Elder abuse occurs across many socioeconomic groups and settings. All gerontological nurses should be educated in the prevention, detection, and treatment of elder abuse. Answer the following three critical thinking questions in 250 words or more for each answered question with at least two nursing peer reviewed articles to support your answers no older than 5 years. 1.) What type of abuse do you think is most prevalent in the areas where you live and work? Why? 2.) Of the risk factors for elder abuse identified in this chapter, which are the ones that you have seen exhibited the most in older adults in the clinical setting? In the community? In the long-term care? 3. Read the Commentary (do not buy the article) for the Guest Editorial titled Elder Abuse and Financial Exploitation: Unlawful and Just Plain Awful! found in the National Center on Elder Abuse at http://www.ncea.aoe.gov/Main_Site/pdf/publication/FinalStatistics050331.pdf. What statistics are particularly striking to you as a nurse?Chapter 23 of the textbook is needed to answer question #1 & #2, and the commentary for #3