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Elder abuse is a single or repeated act or lack of appropriate action, occurring within any relationship where there is an expectation of trust, which causes harm or distress to an older person.

There are five main types:

• Physical: e.g. hitting, slapping, burning, pushing, restraining or giving too much medication or the wrong medication
• Psychological: e.g. shouting, swearing, frightening, blaming, ignoring or humiliating a person, also common is threatening to place the person in a nursing home even though the person's physical or mental condition may not require such
• Financial: e.g. illegal or unauthorised use of a person’s property, money, pension book or other valuables (including changing the person's will to name the abuser as heir), often fraudulently obtaining Power of Attorney, common after a finding of dementia
• Sexual: e.g. forcing a person to take part in any sexual activity without his or her consent
• Neglect: e.g. where a person is deprived of food, heat, clothing or comfort or essential medication

Elder abuse can also include deserting an elderly, dependent person with the intent to abandon them or leaving them unattended at a place for such a time period as may be likely to endanger their health or welfare. (Oregon Revised Statutes)

Perpetrators of this type of abuse can include anyone in a position of control or authority, whether that is within a family or institutional situation. This can include a partner, child or other relation, a friend or neighbour, volunteer worker, or a health, social care or other worker.

Within the issue of elder abuse there is a hidden fact, that approximately 60% of elder abuse is towards women and that domestic violence in later life may be a continuation of long term partner abuse, or it may begin with retirement or the onset of a health condition. (Silent and Invisible: A Report on Abuse and Violence in the Lives of Older Women in British Columbia and Yukon, 2001)

National reported cases of elder abuse indicated that about 2/3 of the victims are women, 1/3 male. This training and manual will focus primarily onservices for women, although many interventions such as safety plans, protective orders, etc. may be useful and are available for older male victims too. (Wisconsin Coalition against Domestic Violence)

The higher proportion of spousal homicides support the suggestion that abuse of older women is often a continuation of wife assault. In contrast, the risk of homicide against older men was far greater outside the family than within. (Statistics Canada, 1999, 38)

External links

• Action on Elder Abuse website
• Helpguide: Elder Abuse Types, Signs, Symptoms, Causes, and Help
• Financial Crimes Against the Elderly

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