WHAT IS ELDER ABUSE?
Elder abuse is any harm that is inflicted by someone else upon an elderly person. Examples of elder abuse would include:
- Sexual assault – assault of a sexual nature without the person’s consent
- Financial abuse – someone taking money from the person without their knowledge and without providing receipts for items purchased.
- Physical abuse – hitting, punching, kicking, hitting with words or false religious doctrine
- Emotional abuse – being afraid of their children or being promised something only to have plans cancelled or not followed through
- Neglect – Little or no food or food of poor quality in their refrigerator. Not accessing available community supports for needs such as bathing, getting to medical appointments, meal preparation or cleaning.
- Psychological abuse – someone threatening to sell your home, send you to a nursing home or for you to become homeless. Overwhelming guilt for situations long past and out of your control is also classified as psychological abuse.
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ELDER ABUSE
- Females are most likely to be harmed by a current or ex-spouse whereas males are more likely to be victimized by their adult children. You are not alone and you do not need to be afraid. We can help.
- It does not matter what has happened in the past, there is no justification for harming someone right now regardless of the past.
- If you are being threatened, harmed or abused, it does not need to be this way.
- IT IS A CRIME and no one has the right to harm you. Please give us a call and we can help. Our number is 902-852-2963. If you get our answering machine, please leave us a message and we can call you back. Our telephone number will not show up on call display as we have a “blocked number” so whomever is harming you will not know we have called you. Also, if someone else answers the phone, we will NOT leave a message with this person either. We want to protect you and we want you to get help, not be harmed more.