diagnosed) accounted for about a quarter, 25.1% of the total abused. In 2022, through the media, there were reports of a case being investigated by local government and senior citizen protection organization where a nursing home worker in Jeju Island unfairly used body restraints against an elderly,343) and a case where an investigation and a trial are underway on charges of attempted suicide after killing a family member.344) In Nov. 2022, the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission announced plans to improve the system from the results of the fact-finding survey, and stated a need to strengthen the standards for requesting investigations and accusations of elder abuse, as only 10 cases (0.5%) were requested for investigation or reported out of 1,883 cases judged as elder abuse in the home by an elder protection agency, in 2021.345) In response, the Ministry of Health and Welfare explained that it has guidelines for investigation requests or accusations when criminal procedures are needed in cases of elder abuse, and is planning a detailed guideline to classify and manage the matters necessary for criminal procedures and administrative dispositions for each elder abuse case.346) The NHRCK also expressed an opinion on the need to pass the “Protection and Support for the Rights of Victims of Elder Abuse,” pending in the National Assembly that stipulates ‘self-neglect’ in the definition of elder abuse and mandating the operation of the ‘Elderly Human Rights Guard,’ on Dec. 1 to the Speaker of the National Assembly. Moreover, it was recommended to the Minister of Health and Welfare to expand the shelters exclusively for abused elderlies and promote the revision of the ‘Welfare of Senior Citizens Act’ to stipulate the requirements and procedures when the physical freedom of seniors admitted to senior medical welfare facilities is restricted. B) Position of an Abused Elderly at Home, as a Form of Domestic Violence The ‘Welfare of Senior Citizen Act,’ the ‘elder abuse’ is defined as any act of physical, mental, emotional, and sexual violence, and economic exploitation of, or atrocities against, 343) MBC, Tying an elderly with dementia to the bed ... Controversy over elder abuse, Jul. 14, 2022. 344) Dementia News, Murder of 90-year old mother-in-law... any plans for the repeated dementia crimes?, Oct. 14, 2022. 345) Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission, Press Release, Nov. 22, 2022. 346) Ministry of Health and Welfare, Materials on Press Release, Nov. 22, 2022. 147