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The objective of this study was to study the situation of elderly abuse from the perspective of older adults in a village in Sila Sub-district, Mueang District, Khon Kaen Province, totaling 210 participants. The samples were randomly selected only 1 area by using a simple random sampling with a draw. The specific sample was selected from the population with the specified qualification. The research instruments were composed of 1) a general information questionnaire for the elderly and 2) an assessment of the situation of elderly abuse from the perspective of older adults. Validity was checked with S-CVI which was equal to 0.95, and reliability was checked by the coefficient of Cronbach's alpha, which resulted in 0.92. The data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics. The results of the study can be summarized as follows. The elderly were mostly female (60.5%). The average age was 73 years old. Most of them were married (68.1%). Most of them had primary education (77.1%). Most of them did not have a job (34.3%). Most of the income came from the public sector (83.33%). Most of them lived in an extended family (61.9%). Most of them had more than two roles (70.95%). Most of the elderly have occasionally faced the situation of elderly abuse (57.60%). Elderly abuse followed by the exploitation was mostly related to emotion and mentality (51.9%)., followed by the exploitation from the elderly and legal exploitation (23.3%)., and neglect of the elderly was found to be the lowest, accounting for 5.7 percent while physical abuse and sexual harassment in the elderly were not found at all.