Calls for inquiry over financial abuse of vulnerable care home residents as figures show 13,000 have been affected

Calls for inquiry over financial abuse of vulnerable care home residents as figures show 13,000 have been affected Care home managers reported almost 13,000 concerns that vulnerable residents were experiencing financial abuse in the past four years, new figures show.

The data, collected from an FOI request to the Care Quality Commission, have prompted experts to call for a Government inquiry into the scale of the issue.

The statistics show that there were 12,968 investigations of potential financial abuse by the CQC between 2013 and June last year.

Care homes have a duty to report concerns about their residents to the regulator, which then investigates the allegation.

The data shows that the majority of alleged victims were over 65, with 85 and over the most common age group. The Daily Telegraph