Elder abuse is prominent public health issue but still under-studied. Especially, it has been increasing numbers of residents of elder abuse protection shelters while lack of research provide information regarding detailed abusive experiences among victims of elder abuse. The purpose of this study was to explore their abusive experiences that include abuse types and whether having domestic violence issues or not in elder abuse cases. To attain information in details, this study examined the cases in elder abuse protective shelters by using national report of elder abuse protective shelters in 2015. The various types of elder abuse were described such as physical abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, and self-neglect. In many cases, multiple abuse types occurred in the context of domestic violence. Most majority of perpetrators of domestic violence was from the male spouse. from the son Also long term abusive experiences from the domestic violence in the decades were reported. Findings of this study demonstrated the need of collaborative efforts between elder abuse protection systems and domestic violence protection systems in order to prevent elder abuse in the community. Based on the findings, future intervention directions and prevention strategies in the community level were addressed.