ELDER ABUSE … NYC DEPARTMENT FOR THE AGING
It’s important to recognize elder abuse and how to get help
if you’re being abused or you suspect someone you know is being abused. Don’t
be a “silent” victim if you’re ever robbed, mugged or taken advantage of
through a scam or other fraud. Report these crimes so law enforcement can track
down the perpetrators.
Forms of Elder Abuse
A recent Study of Elder Abuse Prevalence in New York
State (in PDF) found that 76 out of every 1,000 older
New Yorkers were victims of elder abuse Emotional Abuse: Causing mental anguish and despair by name calling, insulting, ignoring, threatening, isolating, demeaning, and controlling behavior.
Financial Abuse: Illegally or unethically exploiting an older person through use of his/her cash, credit cards, funds or other assets without permission or through coerced permission.
Physical Abuse: Slapping, bruising, coercing (including sexual coercion), cutting, burning, or forcibly restraining an older person.
Neglect: Refusing or failing to carry out caretaking responsibilities (e.g., withholding food, medicine, glasses or dentures); also, abandoning a dependent older person
You can Discuss any problems or suspicion you have about elder abuse with complete confidentiality when you call 311 and ask for the Department for the Aging's Elderly Crime Victims Resource Center
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