A person can always sue the individual who actually caused the physical or economic harm to them in
an elder abuse situation.
Not exact matches
According to Scarpino, the issues that he plans to address in his new role include Westchester's heroin and illegal drug epidemic — a
situation he described as «a scourge that is destroying our youth» — as well as Internet predators, phone scams, child and
elder abuse, domestic violence, and injustices against immigrants who he believes are preyed upon by people who take advantage of their fear of deportation.
The potential for financial
abuse, especially
elder abuse, is the same in both
situations.
There is no single
situation that exemplifies
elder abuse, but it includes any act that causes harm to the emotional, physical or financial welfare of an elderly person.
State law permits confidentiality to be broken in rare
situations such as to report a reasonble suspicion of child or
elder abuse, or an intention to harm one's self or another personand and few other rare
situations.