Physical Abuse

This can be:

Hitting
Kicking
Pulling hair
Pinching or shaking
Being given too much or too little medication

 

 Emotional Abuse

This can be:

Name calling
Being bullied
Being treated like a child
Being ignored
Being blamed for things that you did not do
Being shouted at
Being threatened

 

Financial Abuse 

This can be:

Stealing
Being forced to pay for other people’s things
When you don’t have a say in how you’re money is being spent

 

Sexual Abuse

 

This can be:
Being touched
Being forced to touch someone else
Being made to have sex with someone when you don’t want to
Being forced to do sexual things against your will

Discriminatory Abuse

This can be:
When you are treated unfairly because of your race, age, gender, disability, sexuality or background

Neglect

This can be when you do not get enough care or support to meet your needs, i.e. you may:

 

Be hungry
Be cold
Not have clean clothes to wear
Be denied access to things that you need 

 

Who abuses vulnerable Adults?  

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