What are the signs of elder abuse?
  • Physical Abuse: e.g. Hitting, kicking, burning, dragging, over or under medicating.
  • Sexual Abuse: e.g. Unwanted sexual contact, sexual exploitation, forced viewing of pornography.
  • Abandonment: e.g. Desertion or willful forsaking by anyone having responsibility for care.
  • Isolation: e.g. Preventing the individual from receiving mail, telephone calls, visitors.
  • Financial: e.g. Theft, misuse of funds or property, extortion, duress, fraud.
  • Neglect: e.g. Failure to provide food, clothing, shelter, or health care for an individual under one's care when the means to do so are available.
  • Self-Neglect: e.g. Failure to provide food, clothing, shelter, or health care for oneself.
  • Mental Suffering: e.g. Verbal assaults, threats, causing fear.

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