You see, I was thinking about that, and you know, with things like fraud, if you can track and follow the paper trail, that's one thing. With severe physical abuse, there might well be obvious signs. But when it comes to other forms of abuse, especially when you're dealing with somebody who is quite elderly or who may have mental health issues...which regrettably are often more common with some older persons.
I'm just trying to get a sense of how hard it is to deal with someone in that situation in terms of establishing a level of proof. That has to be a tremendously challenging thing.