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Elder abuse particularly affects women, who are more vulnerable due to the economic dependence many of them have on their abusers and social isolation, which means that most situations remain invisible within the home. The United Nations points out that one in six people over 65 worldwide suffers some form of mistreatment or abuse, an estimate of a reality that is often silenced and normalized. In Spain, there are 2,401 active cases of women ove…