How To Prevent Elder Abuse

By Frances Smith


Unless you can tell when a senior is being abused, ending these practices is close to impossible. There are various ways of elder abuse. These may comprise of psychological, financial, and physical mistreatments. Desertion of your senior is also categorized as a form of ill-treatment as well as adverse actions. These are some popular ways that most aged individuals have affirmed to be exploited. Remember, the continuity of mistreatment among seniors can cause adverse effects. Below we have discussed some ways through which the exploitation of the aged can be stopped.

If possible, pay a visit to the aged and find out how they are doing. It is advisable you seek answers to questions that might trigger them to confirm of being abused. Where doable, you can have the elderly participate in some occasions organized by their family.

If you consider the changing times, our elderly beloved has lots to share with our children. Some of the currently learned histories took part in the early days when our seniors were young. Therefore, they have information about these events and can share with the young ones. Hence, you must train your kids to consider the seniors as a valuable asset they have in their life. Request the aged in your family to pass over some of their skills to the children such as cooking and knitting. Make them feel more of an asset rather than a liability.

In case your beloved senior is being taken care of by another person. It is paramount to organize for these caregivers to take a break. Caring for the aged can be draining physically and emotionally. Hence there is a likelihood of the caregiver to burnout at some point if they are not given time to rest.

Financial manipulation has been reported in various incidents. Thus, the existing financial institutions should have their tellers skilled to help recognize the possibility of commercial exploitation among the seniors who visit the bank. It is a vital aspect to take up with your bank and instill in the manager the benefit it will have in the prevention of these abusive acts.

Your local media stations can play a significant role in stopping the ill-treatment amongst our seniors. Similarly, the characters who manage cases related to the exploitation of the seniors can as well propose areas where you may be required during the prevention of senior exploitation campaigns.

You can also print out notices and place them strategically, with a message to encourage prevention of mistreatment of these seniors. Your initiative can go into great support to stop senior exploitation. Make use of the gatherings to pass this essential message. Your actions will include various safe elders from being abused by those around them who either do it knowingly or unknowingly.

Events, where a massive number of people is expected, is another avenue that will give you a chance to reach out to many. Thus, come up with the right message that can be captioned on the billboards with the event message. Also, you can create an online webpage and sensitize people into ending senior mistreatment in our community.




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