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    Abuse Law

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    Physical, psychological, verbal, emotional, and sexual abuse of older adults can take place in their homes and is often committed by family members. Anyone can be vulnerable to elder abuse, especially those who are frail, alone, depressed, or have a physical or mental illness. Abuse can harm physical and psychological health, destroy relationships, and cause financial loss. Laws have been introduced to penalize elder abuse and establish help desks to assist victims.

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    Physical, psychological, verbal, emotional, and sexual abuse of older adults can take place in their homes and is often committed by family members. Anyone can be vulnerable to elder abuse, especially those who are frail, alone, depressed, or have a physical or mental illness. Abuse can harm physical and psychological health, destroy relationships, and cause financial loss. Laws have been introduced to penalize elder abuse and establish help desks to assist victims.

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    Physical, psychological, verbal, emotional, and sexual abuse of older adults can take place in their homes and is often committed by family members. Anyone can be vulnerable to elder abuse, especially those who are frail, alone, depressed, or have a physical or mental illness. Abuse can harm physical and psychological health, destroy relationships, and cause financial loss. Laws have been introduced to penalize elder abuse and establish help desks to assist victims.

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    NAME: AEIRA ANGELIQUE R.

    LAGDAMEN
    BSN-N31

    Physical abuse, which can range from slapping or shoving to severe beatings and restraining
    with ropes or chains. When a caregiver or other person uses enough force to cause
    unnecessary pain or injury, even if the reason is to help the older person, the behavior can
    be considered abusive. Physical abuse also encompasses behaviors such as hitting, beating,
    pushing, shoving, kicking, pinching, burning or biting. It also includes the inappropriate use
    of medications and physical restraints and physical punishment of any kind. Verbal,
    emotional or psychological abuse, including yelling, swearing, threatening, making insulting
    or disrespectful comments or repeatedly ignoring the older adult.

    Psychological abuse involves any type of coercive or threatening behavior that sets up a
    power differential between the older adult and his or her family member or caregiver. It can
    also include treating the older person like a child and isolating the person from family,
    friends, and regular activities.Sexual abuse, which includes inappropriate touching,
    photographing the older adult in suggestive poses, forcing the person to look at
    pornography, and any unwanted sexualized behavior.

    Most elder abuse and neglect takes place at home. The majority of older adults live in the
    community, either on their own or with their spouses, children, siblings, or other relatives,
    rather than in institutional settings. As a result, the home is where most abuse happens.
    Family members commit elder abuse in nearly 6 out of 10 cases, according to the National
    Council on Aging.Anyone can be vulnerable. Older individuals who are frail, alone, or
    depressed as well as those with a physical disability or mental illness are vulnerable to
    abuse. Even those who are not affected by these more visible risk factors can find
    themselves in abusive situations and relationships. Elder abuse affects people across all
    socioeconomic groups, cultures, races, and ethnicity.

    Some evidence even indicates that the prevalence of abuse of older people in both the
    community and in institutions has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Over time,
    elder abuse can harm an individual’s physical and psychological health, destroy social and
    family ties, and cause devastating financial loss. Research also suggests that older people
    who have been abused tend to die earlier than those who have not been abused, even in
    the absence of chronic conditions or life-threatening disease. There is no single pattern of
    elder abuse. It’s a complex problem that can stem from multiple causes, such as a history of
    violent interactions within the family, lifestyle adjustments, and tensions that can arise as a
    result of new living arrangements. Certain societal attitudes may also contribute to violence
    against older people and make it easier for abuse to continue without detection or
    intervention. For example, older people are often regarded as insignificant, leading society
    to fail to recognize the importance of assuring dignified, supportive and non abusive life
    circumstances for every older person. These factors include the devaluation of and lack of
    respect for older adults and society's belief that what goes on in the home is a private,
    “family matter.”
    LAW FOR THE ELDERLY ABUSE:

    1. House Bill 7030 or the “Anti-Elder Abuse Act”


    - provides penalties for abuses committed against the elderly.

    2. House Bill (HB) 4696 or the Anti-Elderly Abuse Act


    -- The establishment of senior citizen help desks in every brgy, to provide immediate
    assistance to victim-survivors of elder abuse.

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