Elder abuse covers two broad categories abuse and neglect. Abuse is a positive act, commonly an act of
commission, and there is active involvement or interaction on the part of the abuser (James, 1994). Neglect, by
comparison is used to describe acts of omission, specifically those with a passive involvement of the abuser
(Mccullum, J., 1993). The easiest and most obvious type of abuse is physical abuse, while other types of abuse are
less obvious and require further investigation and examination, an example of which being financial abuse (Wu, 2010).