Several different types of abuse fall under this heading: physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional or psychological abuse, financial exploitation, neglect, and self-neglect.
Physical abuse is the use of physical force that results in bodily injury, pain, or impairment. This could include striking, beating, pushing, shaking, slapping, or burning an elder. The inappropriate use of drugs, physical restraints, force-feeding, or physical punishment is also considered physical abuse.
Sexual abuse is any nonconsensual sexual contact and could include unwanted touching and all types of sexual assault or battery.
Emotional or psychological abuse is the infliction of distress through verbal or nonverbal acts. Examples of this include verbal assaults, insults, intimidation, humiliation, harassment, social isolation, and treating an older adult like an infant.
Financial exploitation is the misuse of older adult's resources and assets. This could include taking Social Security checks, abusing a joint checking account or taking property and other resources for personal financial gain.
Neglect is defined as "the refusal or failure by those responsible to provide food, shelter, health care, or protection for a vulnerable elder". Self-neglect is "characterized as the behavior of an elderly person that threatens his/her own health or safety ". Self-neglect is the most reported of all elder abuse cases. .
I still say the abuse will stop if we all get on one according. We are segregated throughout the body of Christ. We are morally unfit. We have more concern for self than for other people. (King James Version) 1611 In 2 Chronicle 7:14 God say if my people which are called by my Name, shall humble themselves and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways: then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. .
We do not pray like we should. The power of prayer move mountains.
