What You Can Do to Prevent Elder Abuse

If you are worried about someone in your life suffering from elder abuse, there are many things you can do to help the elderly individual stay protected from abuse. First, it is important to listen to elderly individuals and their caregivers.  Keeping open lines of communication will help you become aware of a problem before it is too late. Another way to help protect elders from abuse is to educate others, especially other family members or caregivers, on how to recognize elder abuse and how and when to report it. Finally, you can help by intervening once you become aware of such abuse occurring to an elderly person in your life. How to Help Prevent Elder Abuse as a Caregiver As a caregiver, you are in a unique position with the elderly person, as you are typically involved in their day-to-day life. In order to help prevent an occurrence of elder abuse, it is important to take steps to relieve your own stress and burnout and to seek help for depression if you start to…

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