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Older People in Northern Ireland

COPNI: Financial Abuse of Older People in Northern Ireland -The Unsettling Truth 2016

Many nations, have conducted ‘prevalence studies’ to help them understand the scale of financial abuse within their populations. Until now, Northern Ireland lacked such insight.

This prevalence study clearly defines the scale and scope of the problem for the first time in Northern Ireland.