Two Types Of Elder Abuse

Elder abuse is a problem in the United States and is under reported by professionals because of the lack of understanding of what constitutes abuse. Two risk factors of elder abuse are prior violence in a family and older individual that also have any type of disability (Hinkle & Cheever, 2014, pp. 205-206).
Secondly, there are many types of elder abuse. I will discuss two of them. One type is physical which can include hitting and hurting the older adult. Caregivers can get frustrated with the older adult and physically harm them. A second type is financial exploitation, where a family member or caregiver uses the older individual’s money for their own gain or steals things from them (Hinkle & Cheever, 2014, pp. 205-206).
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