ELDER ABUSE

Service Description

Elder Abuse is intentionally harming a person who is 60 or older. It can Include: • Physical abuse: Physical abuse occurs when someone causes bodily harm to another person. • Sexual abuse: Sexual abuse is forced sexual contact or forcing someone to watch or participate in sexual activities. • Neglect: Neglect is intentionally not providing someone’s basic physical, emotional or social needs. This includes a caregiver withholding food, shelter, healthcare or medicine from someone. • Financial abuse: Financial abuse or exploitation is stealing money or personal belongings from someone. Examples include forging checks, using credit cards without someone’s permission or taking someone’s benefits like Social Security and using them as your own. • Emotional abuse: Emotional abuse or psychological abuse occurs when someone yells at another person in a hurtful way, uses verbal threats, creates situations of fear or ignores another person within their care. • Abandonment: Abandonment happens when a vulnerable person who needs help is left alone without receiving any care from their assigned caregiver.