- Physical Abuse: "the willful infliction of physical pain, injury or unreasonable confinement. It includes, but is not limited to, beating, choking or burning, inappropriate medication or tying or locking a person up. It also includes sexual abuse, which occurs when a person has been forced, tricked, threatened or otherwise coerced into sexual contact against one's will".
- Material Abuse: "sometimes called financial exploitation, is the misuse of an elder's money or property. It includes deception, diverting income, mismanagement of funds and taking money or possessions against a person's will".
- Neglect: "occurs when a caregiver's failure to provide adequate food, shelter, clothing, medical or dental care results in significant danger to the physical or mental health of an older person in his/her care".
- Self-Neglect: "a significant danger to an elder person's physical or mental health because the elder person is unable or fails to provide him/herself with adequate food, shelter, clothing, medical or dental care".
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How to report elder abuse:
To report a suspected case of elder abuse or neglect, Call The Aging Resource Center of Milwaukee County: (414) 289-6874. An Information and Assistance Specialist is available to take your calls Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. - 6 p.m. After hours, on weekends and holidays, calls are routed to a 24 answering service and forwarded to the Resource Center the next business day. All referrals are kept anonymous. |