Sec. 1. Short title; findings
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This Act may be cited as the . Elder Protection and Abuse Prevention Act Congress finds the following: In 2009, the Department of Justice estimated that 14.1 percent of non-institutionalized older adults in the United States had experienced some form of elder abuse in the past year. Only 1 in 23.5 cases of elder abuse is ever reported due to a lack of screening, awareness, and prevention efforts. The mortality rate of older adults who are victims of abuse is 3 times higher than older adults that are not victims of abuse. The annual financial loss by victims of elder financial abuse is estimated to be at least $2,900,000,000, and steadily increasing.