Physical abuse: Hitting, beating, pushing, shaking, slapping, and burning, the use of inappropriate drugs and physical restraints, force-feeding, and physical punishment of any kind.
Neglect: Dehydration, malnutrition, untreated bed sores, poor personal hygiene, unattended or untreated health problems and unsanitary and unclean living conditions.
Emotional, psychological or mental abuse: Verbal assaults, insults, threats, intimidation, humiliation, harassment, and forced isolation.
Financial: The illegal or improper use of an elder's funds, property, or assets. Such as, cashing an elderly person's checks without permission; forging an older person's signature; misusing or stealing an older person's money or possessions and coercing or deceiving an older person into signing any document.
Sexual abuse: Sexual contact with any person incapable of giving consent is sexual abuse. It includes, but is not limited to, unwanted touching, all types of sexual assault or battery, such as rape, sodomy, and coerced nudity.
Abandonment - The desertion of a vulnerable elder by anyone who has assumed the responsibility for care or custody of that person.