Elder Abuse Awareness

SEE IT - STOP IT - PREVENT IT  

 

If you think you know someone who is being neglected, exploited or abused there is help available.

For more information about how to recognize the signs of abuse or to get help for someone who you believe may be a victim of abuse call the Centre for Seniors Information. You will be treated with respect and confidentiality. The number to call is 778-470-6000

Elder Abuse Is a Crime

Elder abuse includes:

  • physical abuse such as slapping, pushing, beating or forced confinement;
  • financial abuse such as stealing, fraud, extortion, and misusing a power of attorney;
  • sexual abuse as sexual assault or any unwanted form of sexual activity;
  • neglect as in failing to give an older person in your care food, medical attention, or other necessary care, or abandoning an older person in your care;
  • mental abuse as in treating an older person like a child, humiliating, insulting, frightening, threatening, or ignoring an older person.

Elder abuse can also be a crime under the criminal laws of Canada. Financial Abuse is reported the most frequently.

  

For more information or to get help or referral call:

The Centre for Seniors Information.
778-470-6000