Definition of Nursing Home Abuse
Nursing home abuse or neglect is a general definition covering one or more of the following:
- Physical abuse is the willful infliction of physical pain or injury, including slapping, bruising, sexually molesting or restraining.
- Sexual abuse is the infliction of non-consensual sexual contact of any kind.
- Emotional or psychological abuse is the infliction of mental or emotional anguish, such as humiliating, intimidating or threatening.
- Financial or material exploitation is the improper act or process of an individual, using the resources of your loved one without his/her consent, for someone else's benefit.
- Neglect is the failure of a caretaker to provide goods or services necessary to avoid physical harm, mental anguish or mental illness, including abandonment, denial of food or denial of health related services.
- Self-neglect is characterized as the behavior of an elderly person that threatens his or her own health or safety.
