Abuse Neglect of Elderly involves a person above the age of ___ who is suffering from the infirmities of aging.

• A. 65
• B. 60
• C. 70
• D. 75

Answer: (B)

The key idea is the age threshold used to identify someone as an elder for abuse and neglect protections. In many policing and social-service definitions, an elderly person is someone sixty years of age or older. This recognizes that at around sixty, individuals often face more pronounced infirmities of aging and heightened vulnerability, which justifies protective measures and reporting. So when the prompt says “above the age of,” it’s interpreted as at least sixty years old in this context. That makes sixty the defining cutoff. Ages like sixty-five, seventy, or seventy-five are used in other programs or contexts, but they don’t match the threshold defined for this topic here.