1. Seniors and People with Disabilities
Why Attend?
A safe place to be supported through common life challenges as we are healing from abuse and neglect.
Providing vital education and resources.
Understanding your legal rights and options.
Where and When?
Supporting
Seniors and People with Disabilities
1st Tuesday of each month from 1:30 – 3:00 PM Starting November 1st, 2016
For more information please contact the facilitator Stacey White with NWSDS at Group is Located at:
605 Center St NE, Salem, OR NWSDS Abuse Line (toll free):
Come to connect with peers sharing personal experiences and identifying coping strategies.
Program facilitated by NorthWest Senior and Disability Services with the assistance of Center for Hope & Safety.
We are a support group focused on rebuilding lives and relationships after abuse and neglect has occurred.

2. Group Topics Elder Abuse Restraining and Protective Orders
What is Adult Abuse?
Group Topics
Millions of older adults are abused in the U.S. each year. We can’t let this happen.
Elder Abuse
Restraining and Protective Orders
Financial Exploitation and Scams
Guardianship, Conservatorship, Power of Attorney
Co-dependency and Boundary Setting
Grief and Loss
Abuse of adults age 65 and older and adults with physical disabilities age 18 and older can include:
Physical harm or injury;
Failure to provide basic care;
Financial Exploitation;
Verbal or emotional abuse;
Involuntary seclusion;
Wrongful restraint;
Unwanted sexual contact; or
Abandonment by the caregiver.
In addition, self-neglect is when individuals lack the cognitive ability to care for themselves, which can also lead to harm.
85% of victims were abused in their homes; 15% in state-licensed care settings such as nursing homes.
Women are nearly twice as likely to be reported victims as males.
In care settings, the direct caregiver was the most common abuser. At home, it was relatives.
Over 90% of reported elder abuse is committed by an older person’s own family members, most often their adult children, followed by grandchildren, nieces and nephews and others.