Action on Elder Abuse Scotland 2019 national conference

Our keynote speaker for this year's conference will be Humza Yousaf, Cabinet Secretary for Justice. We'll still confirming the details, so keep checking back for more details.

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Financial Abuse

Financial Abuse/harm is another name for stealing or defrauding someone of goods and/or property. It is always a crime but is not always prosecuted. Sometimes the issue is straightforward,, but at other times it is more difficult to address.
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Find out about how we support people in danger of abuse, and also support practitioners who are working to help.
Is there a definition for a vulnerable adult?
Why does it happen?

An understanding of why elder abuse happens
Helpline in England

Details of advice and support available to people experiencing abuse or concerned about the abuse of an older person in England.
If I report abuse to Adult Safeguarding or Adult Protection, what should they do?
Psychological Abuse

Psychological abuse is one of the most common type of abuse reported to the AEA helpline. It invariably involves identifying something that matters to an older person and then threatening to endanger it unless the older person complies with demands.
Family abuse

It is important to consider family abuse from two perspectives: abuse that is perpetrated deliberately, and abuse that is not. This is particularly true when we consider neglect because one form of neglect can be intentional and one passive