Investigators and service providers have indicated the need for a tool to identify elderly victims of abuse and neglect. Identifying factors related to the risk of elder abuse/neglect can be useful in planning services and targeting limited resources for preventing future problems. A 93-item Risk Assessment Tool was created and over 100 risk indicators were examined for their predictive value in classifying cases of elder abuse/neglect from comparable cases of elderly known not to be victims. Data were collected by nine social service/health agencies on 50 cases of abuse/neglect and 50 control cases. Through a series of discriminant function data reduction analyses, nine risk indicators were identified which were 94 percent accurate in classifying cases into abuse/neglect and control groups. Three questions directed to the elderly were significant (did anyone take money or property, did anyone threaten to hurt the elder,and are the elder's needs being met), as were two characteristics of the elder (no related cause of symptoms, elder seen as source of stress), and four characteristics of the caretaker (tried to make elder act against own best interest, inappropriate awareness of elder's condition, financial dependence on elder, and persistent lying). (The Risk Assessment Tool is appended.) (Author/NRB)