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Emotional abuse
In emotional or psychological abuse, people speak to or treat elderly persons in ways that cause emotional pain or distress.
Verbal forms of emotional elder abuse include
Intimidation through yelling or threats
Humiliation and ridicule
Habitual blaming or scapegoating
Nonverbal psychological elder abuse can take the form of
Ignoring the elderly person
Isolating an elder from friends or activities
Terrorizing or menacing the elderly person
Emotional abuse
In emotional or psychological abuse, people speak to or treat elderly persons in ways that cause emotional pain or distress.
Verbal forms of emotional elder abuse include
Intimidation through yelling or threats
Humiliation and ridicule
Habitual blaming or scapegoating
Nonverbal psychological elder abuse can take the form of
Ignoring the elderly person
Isolating an elder from friends or activities
Terrorizing or menacing the elderly person
