Elder abuse is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as “a single or repeated act, or lack of appropriate action, occurring within any relationship where there is an expectation of trust, which causes harm or distress to an older person” (World Health Organization, 2022). In the Netherlands, the definition of elder abuse also includes an age specification (65 years and older), a form of dependence and a recurring relationship between the elderly victim and the perpetrator (Ministerie van Volksgezondheid Welzijn en Sport, 2022). In the Netherlands, there are only two studies into the prevalence of elder abuse in the general community. These studies found prevalence rates around 5% (Bakker et al., 2018; Comijs et al., 1998). These rates are significantly lower than the estimated global prevalence rate of 15.7%, based on meta-analytic research (Yon et al., 2017). Moreover, the Dutch rates are solely based on elderly people living independently, and prevalence rates are unknown for elder abuse within ...