Three Basic
Categories of Elder Abuse:
1.
Domestic
Elder Abuse The
mistreatment of an older person by someone who has a
close relationship with the Elder.
(Child, friend, relative or caregiver in the
person’s home.)
2. Institutional elder abuse
Any
mistreatment of an elder in an institutional
environment. (nursing homes, foster homes, group homes,
and care facilities.
3. Self-neglect or self-abuse
Characterized
as the behavior of an elderly person that
endangers his or her safety or health. When an older
person fails to provide sufficient food, water,
clothing, shelter, personal hygiene, mediation and
safety precautions.
Types
of Elder Abuse:
1. Physical
Abuse-any
form of violence such as striking, hitting, beating,
pushing, shoving, shaking, slapping, kicking, pinching,
and burning. That may result in bodily injury, physical
pain, or impairment.
2. Sexual
Abuse-
non consensual sex of any kind with an elderly person.
3. Emotional
Abuse-infliction
of anguish, pain, or distress through verbal or
nonverbal acts. Some
example of emotional abuse- verbal assaults, insults,
threats, intimidation, humiliation, and harassment.
Also, isolating an elderly person from his/her
family, friends, or regular activities, or enforced
social isolation.
4. Neglect-
failure to fulfill any part of a person’s obligations
or duties to an elder.
Refusal to provide an elderly person with such
life necessities as food, water, clothing, shelter,
personal hygiene, medicine, comfort, and personal
safety.
5. Abandonment-desertion
of an elderly person by an individual who assumed to
take responsibility for providing care for an elder.
6. Financial
Exploitation
is the improper use of an elder’s funds, property, or
assets. Examples: cashing
an elderly person’s check without permission; forging
an older persons signature; misusing or stealing another
person’s money or possessions; and the improper use of
guardianship, or power of attorney.
Whom
to call to report Elder Abuse?
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Adult
Protective Services
Responsible
for investigating reported cases of elder abuse and
providing victims and their families treatment and
protective services.
-
24-hour
Hotline
1-888-83-ADULT
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Newport
New
Hotline
For Adult Abuse, Neglect, and/or Exploitation of Elderly
(757)
926-6329
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York/ Poquoson
(757)
890-3787
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Hampton
Main
(757)
727-1800
Fax
(757)
727-1835
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Williamsburg
Main
(757)
220-6161 Fax
(757)
220-6113
WEB LINKS
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