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More Elderly People Dying Lonely Deaths

SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of elderly people dying lonely deaths is increasing, especially for men, welfare data showed Friday. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, which released the data for a parliamentary audit, 3,331 aged people died over the past five years while living alone. The number was 538 [...]

Abuse of the Elderly Mostly Committed by Family Member

SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Seven out of 10 people who abused elderly people were family members last year while the number of such cases increased, according to a survey revealed Wednesday by the welfare ministry. Out of 12,009 reported cases in 2016, 4,280 were confirmed by judiciary institutions as elder abuse, up 12.1 percent from a year earlier, according to the report. The victims were [...]