The Centers for Disease Control divides elder abuse into five categories: emotional abuse, physical abuse, abandonment and neglect, sexual abuse, and financial abuse. These acts could be carried out by a nursing home employee or even nursing home workers who are not immediate caregivers. Financial Abuse When a nursing home caregiver mismanages, steals, or unfairly distributes an elder’s assets or funds, it is known as financial abuse. Financial abuse includes forgery, misuse, or theft, unlawful use of guardianship authority, and force or fraud to forfeit their assets. Physical Abuse The use of physical force against an aged person to inflict discomfort, pain, incapacity, or injury is known as physical abuse. When a nursing home caregiver hits, chokes, slaps, burns, kicks, shakes, or suffocates a nursing home resident, it is considered physical abuse. Emotional Abuse Emotional abuse, also known as mental abuse, is quite widespread but often goes unnoticed. This sort of abuse can occur when elderly individuals are subjected to nonverbal or vocal acts that cause them distress, fear, or mental suffering. Controlling a senior’s access to resources, isolating them from family or friends, threatening them, and shaming them are all examples of elder abuse. Neglect and Abandonment The failure of a nursing home caregiver to provide the essential care to an old person on their premises is referred to as abandonment and neglect. It could include failing to safeguard the elderly from injury or skipping medication, cleanliness, exercise, water, or nourishment. Another example may be caregivers abandoning elderly folks in nursing homes or public areas. Sexual Abuse Sexual abuse occurs when a caregiver has forced or coerced unwanted sexual contact with an old person. When an elderly person is unable to give consent, they can be sexually abused. Unwanted contact, penetration, and attempted sexual assault are all forms of sexual abuse.