Physical Abuse – means one person intentionally hurts another through physical force. This can include hitting, slapping, pinching or other acts that cause physical pain or injury.
Sexual Abuse-means someone is forced into a sexual or intimate situation by another person. This can include rape, unwanted sexual contact or talk, forced to be naked or partial undressed, and forced to do sexual or intimate acts in front of another.
Emotional Abuse – means to threaten, humiliate, intimidate, or psychologically harm an adult by words or actions. This can include insults, threats, intimidation, being placed in humiliating situations, violating privacy and ignoring an individual’s rights to make their own decisions.
Neglect or Isolation– means a vulnerable adult’s basic needs are not being met placing them at higher risk for getting sick or hurt. This can be the result of the person’s own choices (self-neglect) or due to the actions or inactions of someone or a caregiver who is supposed to help meet their needs (neglect by others).
Financial Exploitation – means the use of an older adult’s money, information or belongings for that person’s personal benefit. This can include stealing money, selling or trading their property, keeping money and property away from the older adult, accessing bank accounts, using credit cards or targeting them in a scam.  A vulnerable adult can be exploited by a stranger or someone they know and trust.
Emergency – means that the adult is living in conditions which present a substantial risk or immediate and irreparable harm or death to self or any other person.
For more information on elder abuse, neglect or exploitation, see https://aging.ohio.gov/care-and-living/get-help/elder-justice/elder-abuse-neglect-and-exploitation-1