Overview
- The health ministry logged 3,770 cases and identified 4,528 victims under the Disability Abuse Prevention survey.
- Physical acts accounted for 66.1% of reported abuse, followed by psychological at 31.9% and economic at 16.5%.
- Osaka Prefecture recorded 2,024 consultations on caregiver abuse with 299 confirmed cases, plus 106 cases involving facility staff and 69 employer-related reports.
- Local tallies show overlapping abuse types, including physical and psychological in both caregiver and facility settings, with smaller counts of neglect, economic and sexual abuse.
- In a related report released Dec. 25, elder-abuse by care workers reached a record 1,220 cases with 2,248 victims and five deaths, pointing to wider oversight challenges across care services.