Examples of Adult Abuse and Neglect

The person who provides care to someone purposely causes pain or injury.
Food, water, medication, assistance with personal needs, or other essential goods or services are withheld.
Someone is restrained for the convenience of facility staff or the caregiver or as a means of punishment.
A person uses threats to get someone to do something for him/her.
The person responsible for managing someone’s financial affairs uses the money for his/her own purposes without their consent.
The private parts of someone's body are touched without their consent.