Monica has been caring for her elderly mother, who is in the advanced stages of Alzheimer’s disease, and her care is getting increasingly expensive as well as emotionally and physically draining. Monica finally decides she can’t take it anymore. She drives her mother to a hospital about 50 miles away, drops her off at the front door without any identification and without signing her in, and drives away, never to return. The kind of elder abuse Monica has just committed is: a. Physical abuse b. Legal abuse c. Financial abuse d. Granny dumping

The term ‘abuse’ as it relates to elderly people can include:

If elderly people suffer abuse, it is most often perpetrated by ______.Question 4Answera.strangersb.caregiversc.lawyersd.spouses

If elderly people suffer abuse, it is most often perpetrated by __________.Question 15Select one:a.Spousesb.Caregiversc.Lawyersd.Strangers

What is an example of a frightening physical action used by abusive caregivers?Trying to trip a person with visual impairmentsJumping up and downHelping the person with mobility issuesShowing the person how to fix somethingAll of the above

Lizzie is 18 years old and has brittle bone disease. She lives in a wheelchair and loves to spend time with her friends, usually out for a lunch once or twice a week. She lives with her parents and works part-time from home as a writer. Her parents are naturally very protective of her as they have spent the better part of her 18 years trying to protect her from harm. They have seen, better than anyone, the pain and suffering she goes through when she has a new fracture. One of Lizzie’s friends now has a driver’s licence and wants to take her away for an overnight trip out of town to attend a charity ‘fun run’ event. Lizzie’s friend is extremely fit and wants to run five kilometres at the same time as pushing Lizzie in her sports wheelchair. Lizzie’s father has said no. The risks are too high; he will not allow her to go.Lizzie has come to you as one of her trusted support carers and asked you for advice in speaking to her parents to help change their minds.What suggestions can you give to Lizzie that she and her friend can discuss with