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Explain the actions to take if an individual alleges that they are being abused
Reporting abuse
If you are an elder who is being abused, neglected, or exploited, tell at least one person. Tell your senior carer, manager, registering authority, doctor, a friend, or a family member whom you trust, even the police where appropriate. Other people who care and are trustworthy and can help you.
How do I report suspected abuse?
There are numerous reports of individual abuse recorded by authorities every year. Accordingly there’s a great need for people to report suspected abuse. In every circumstance, physical, sexual, and financial abuses targeting individuals that violate laws against assault, rape, theft, and other offences are punishable as crimes. Certain types of emotional elder abuse and elder neglect are subject to criminal prosecution, depending on the perpetrators conduct and intent and the consequences for the victim. Typically, carers, medical personnel, care home workers, family, emergency personnel, public officials, social workers, counsellors, and clergy are known to report incidents, and that responsibility is spreading to financial institutions and other entities that work with individuals. While it’s important for individuals to seek refuge from abuse, either by complaining through a complaints procedure, calling a local agency or telling a doctor or trusted friend, many individuals do not report the abuse they face even if they’re able. Many fear retaliation from the abuser, while others believe that if they turn in their abusers, no one else will take care of them. When the carers are often their children, they may be ashamed that their children are behaving abusively or blame themselves: “If I’d been a better parent when they were younger, this wouldn’t be happening.” Or they just may not want children they love to get into trouble with the law.