The National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC) is warning that financial exploitation remains the most commonly reported form of elder abuse in Jamaica, with family members named as the alleged perpetrators in all cases reported to the council between 2025 and May 2026.

According to data provided by the NCSC, financial abuse accounted for approximately 32 per cent of reported elder abuse cases between 2019 and 2024, followed by neglect and abandonment at 29 per cent and physical abuse at 19 per cent. Emotional and psychological abuse also remain concerns, although the agency noted that those forms of abuse are often “less visible, less reported and more difficult to detect”.

Since January 2025, the NCSC said it has received 53 reports of elder abuse, of which 18 involved financial abuse.