Who are at-risk adults?
• At-risk adults may have problems with their health and safety because they cannot care for themselves. • At-risk adults may not be able to protect or care for themselves because they cannot understand or do not recognize that there is a problem. • At-risk adults maya be abused, neglected or taken advantage of by people they trust and rely on for care. Q What is abuse? APhysical abuse is hitting, slapping, pushing, kicking, burning, confining, or restraining an adult.Sexual abuse is sexual activity or touching without the adult’s consent or understanding.Financial Exploitationis the use of an at-risk adult’s money or property for another’s advantage.Neglect is a lack of food, shelter, clothing, or care provided to an at-risk adult by a care giver.Self-neglectis the inability or unwillingness of an at-risk adult to care for herself or himself. choice of lifestyle, by itself, is not proof of self-neglect.
