| Physical |
Slapped, pushed, grabbed or shoved Kicked, bitten or hit with a fist or object Inappropriately restrained in any way, eg, locked in room/house, tied to a chair, tied to a bed, chained Given too much medicine/drugs to control behaviour Burned or scalded Threatened or assaulted with a knife, gun or other weapon
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| Financial |
Stole elderly's money, possessions, property or documents Purposely prevented elderly from accessing their money, possessions, property, land or important documents Manipulated or forced elderly into giving money or handing over property, land, possessions or important documents Forced or manipulated elderly into altering their will or any other financial document Deliberately forged or signed cheques or other financial instruments without elderly's permission Misused the power of attorney given by the elderly or forced or manipulated the elderly into giving him/her power of attorney
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| Sexual |
Sexually harassed or talked in a way that made the elderly uncomfortable Touched or tried to touch in a sexual way against the elderly's will Forced or attempted to force sexual intercourse against the elderly's will
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| Psychological |
Cursed, shouted or insulted Humiliated, belittled or embarrassed Repeatedly ignored Threatened verbally Prohibited family members, friends or doctor/nurse from visiting or vice versa
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| Neglect |
No access to medical treatment Not enough nutritional food No clean clothing No adequate shelter, clean and safe living conditions Failure to provide the elderly with support for basic activities of daily living such as feeding and help with walking, climbing stairs, going to the toilet, dressing and bathing
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