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Lanzone Morgan, LLP - Information on Common Types of Abuse
Typically, abuse is any action or inaction by anyone having responsibility for the
well-being of an elder, dependent, or disabled adult
that results in the deprivation
of goods or services that are necessary to avoid physical harm or mental suffering.
This deprivation usually is described as one of the following classifications:
Neglect - The negligent failure of any person having the care or custody of
an elder, dependent, or disabled adult to exercise
that degree of care that a
reasonable person in a like position would exercise. This includes but is
not limited to the failure to
assist with activities of daily living such as
personal hygiene, toileting, bathing, grooming; or in the provision of food,
clothing,
or shelter; failure to provide medical care to meet physical and
mental health needs; failure to protect from health and safety
hazards; and
failure to prevent malnourishment or dehydration.
Physical - assault, battery, unreasonable physical restraint or
prolonged deprivation of food or water, chemical restraints used
for
illegitimate purpose or beyond scope of physician orders, rape,
unauthorized physical touching.
Abandonment - the desertion or willful forsaking of an elder,
dependent or disabled adult by anyone having care or custody of
that
person under circumstances in which a reasonable person would continue
to provide care and custody.
Isolation - includes acts intentionally committed to prevent an elder,
dependent, or disabled adult from receiving telephone calls
or mail; acts
intended to prevent an elder, dependent, or disabled person from having
contact with family, friends, or concerned
persons, physical restraints to
prevent contact from visitors.
Abduction - the removal from California and the restraint from
returning to California, of any elder, dependent, or disabled
adult without
the consent from the elder, dependent, or disabled adult, or of any
conservatee without the consent of the
conservator or the court.
Financial - Taking (or assisting in the taking) or retaining the real or
personal property of an elder, dependent, or disabled
adult with the intent
to defraud, use without authorization, or for any other wrongful purpose.
This includes predatory
solicitors intending to wrongfully take advantage
of elderly, dependent, or disabled adults.
Every life has value and dignity until the very end. Don't let abuse happen to our beloved elders. Don't let those at fault get away
with abuse. Call us now at 888-887-9777 to put a stop to elder abuse and neglect and to hold abusers accountable for their actions.
Other topics: Common Signs of Elder Abuse, Common Perpetrators of Elder Abuse, Common Victims of Elder Abuse |
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