AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The 7 most common types of elderly abuse include physical abuse, neglect, emotional abuse, financial abuse, sexual abuse, self-neglect, and abandonment. Any of these elder abuse types can be devastating to older people and their families.

Detailed explanation-2: -Elder abuse happens when someone intentionally causes an elderly person harm or puts them at risk of injury. There are many different types of abuse, such as sexual abuse, emotional abuse, physical abuse, neglect, abandonment, and financial abuse.

Detailed explanation-3: -Physical, sexual, and emotional abuse are some of the most known types of abuse: Physical abuse is when someone hurts another person’s body. It includes hitting, shaking, burning, pinching, biting, choking, throwing, beating, and other actions that cause physical injury, leave marks, or cause pain.

Detailed explanation-4: -This may include physical, emotional, and social needs, or withholding food, medications, or access to health care. Abandonment is leaving an older adult who needs help alone without planning for his or her care. Sexual abuse involves a caregiver forcing an older adult to watch or be part of sexual acts.