INTRODUCTION Approximately 450,000 older adults in the U.S. experienced domestic mistreatment in 1996 (The National Elder Abuse Incidence Study, 1998). Although research on domestic elder mistreatment is still in its infancy, hardly any attempts have been made to closely examine abuse among males, especially minorities (Kosberg, 1998). Some have argued that the reluctance to address elder abuse and neglect among males stems from the fact that males have traditionally been viewed as perpetrators of nearly all forms of abuse (Kosberg, 1998). A community survey found that the rates of male elder abuse were twice as high as those of women (Fattah and Sacco, 1989). Yet, the general belief is that females experience higher rates of eider mistreatment than males (The National Elder Abuse Incidence Study, 1998). It may be impossible to accurately explain every case of family members' mistreatment or abuse of older men, but it is This study examined racial differences between mistreated and abused older African American and Caucasian men. The racial and gender differences of