Denver Human Services

• Afraid to speak up
• Worried about retaliation
• Embarrassed

Signs of Physical Abuse

• Multiple bruising, not consistent with a fall
• Black eyes, slap marks, kick marks, grasp marks, and finger tip bruising
• Burns
• Fractures not consistent with falls
• Stench of urine or feces
• Signs of malnutrition or over-feeding
• Administration of inappropriate drugs
• Fearful for life or not wanting to get abuser in trouble

Signs of Neglect

• Lack of basic care
• Abandonment or isolation
• Not providing proper food or fluids
• Failure to provide proper health care
• Lack of personal care
• Inappropriate dress
• Being left to sit in urine/feces
• Absence of mobility aids causing restrictive movement
• Absence of necessary medication or medical equipment
• Improper fitting or damaged dentures
  
  

Signs of Financial Exploitation

• Stolen cash or missing pension book
• Cashed benefit/pension that is not given to beneficiary
• Telling someone something cost more than it did
• Person is made appointee or Power of Attorney and this person withholds money for the elder
• Withholding money so a person is unable to afford necessities
• Persuading or forcing a person to transfer money, bank accounts, property, assets, and financial affairs to another person
• Not allowing a person to be admitted to residential care because a person doesn’t want it to impact their inheritance