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Some aged
persons are more subject to abuse than others. It has been noted that the following
are the main factors of vulnerability:
- Physical, social, emotional, psychological or cultural isolation of the person;
- Situations where a person is physically dependent on care or services, or
is emotionally dependent.
- Lost of autonomy, cognitive losses, disability.
N.B. Age of itself does not make a person vulnerable or dependent.
However, an aged person may be considered, by an eventual abuser, to be more vulnerable.
One of the consequences of biases based on age is that aged persons are perceived
as being weak and relatively unable to fend for themselves.
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