Elder Abuse: Emotional and Financial Abuse of Elders

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Elder Abuse: Emotional and Financial Abuse of Elders Emotional and financial abuses are the common forms of elder abuse. In emotional abuse, the people, who have the responsibility of taking care of an elderly person, willfully inflict psychological anguish to him or her. Financial abuse, on the other hand, refers to a situation whereby the family members either misuse the finances of an older adult or refuse to give him/her money for upkeep. Emotional and financial abuses are the most critical forms of elder abuse since besides being perpetrated by people who are well known to the elderly person, they predispose that person to the risk of poor mental health outcome.

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