Nursing home abuse is a wildly under reported issue in the United States. As people are living longer, treatment in elder care facilities will need to improve drastically to accommodate the influx of residents they will receive and sustain for what can potentially be decades.

The following infographic outlines the startling frequency of nursing home abuse occurrences.

The information in this graphic was compiled by the Philadelphia nursing home abuse attorneys at Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C.