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I want you to help me by: • Listening and supporng me • Helping me get the informaon I need • Helping me to safeguard my finances and money • Taking me to a lawyer to make a Power of Aorney, Representaon Agreement and/or Will • Helping me to move somewhere safe • Working with me to safely understand and solve the problem • Calling an agency to help • Checking with me before you take acon Please don’t share this with anyone else unless you have my permission. This was very hard for me to talk about. Thank you for listening. Remember, if you are a person experiencing abuse, it is important that you find help and that you feel supported. Who should you call for help? If the situaon is an emergency or if a person is in immediate danger, call 9-1-1. Abuse may be a crime and fall under the Criminal Code. Call your local police staon for informaon or to report abuse. BC Centre for Elder Advocacy & Support – Seniors Abuse & Informaon Line (SAIL): 604 437-1940 | 1 866 437-1940 (toll free) Available 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily (excluding holidays). SAIL is a safe place for older adults, and those who care about them, to talk to someone about situaons where they feel they are being abused or mistreated, or to receive informaon about elder abuse prevenon: www.bcceas.ca VicmLink BC is a toll free, confidenal and mullingual telephone service available across BC and the Yukon 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 1 800 563-0808. It provides informaon and referral services to all vicms of crime and immediate crisis support to vicms of family and sexual violence. VicmLink BC is TTY accessible. Call TTY at 604 875-0885. The Government of Brish Columbia thanks the Ontario Network of Prevenon of Elder Abuse for permission to adapt material from their public educaon campaign (www.onpea.org). The original campaign was supported by the Ontario Trillium Foundaon. HOW TO TELL SOMEONE YOU ARE BEING ABUSED Starting the Conversation QP4500280417

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I want you to help me by:

•Listeningandsupportingme

•HelpingmegettheinformationIneed

•Helpingmetosafeguardmyfinancesandmoney

•TakingmetoalawyertomakeaPowerofAttorney,RepresentationAgreementand/orWill

•Helpingmeto movesomewheresafe

•Workingwithmetosafelyunderstandandsolvetheproblem

•Callinganagencytohelp

•Checkingwithmebeforeyou takeaction

Pleasedon’tsharethiswithanyoneelseunlessyou have mypermission.

Thiswas veryhardformetotalkabout.Thankyou forlistening.

Remember, if you are a person experiencing abuse, it is important that

you find help and that you feel supported.

Who should you call for help?

If the situation is an emergency or if a person is in immediate danger, call 9-1-1.AbusemaybeacrimeandfallundertheCriminalCode.Callyourlocalpolicestationforinformationortoreportabuse.

BC Centre for Elder Advocacy & Support –Seniors Abuse & Information Line (SAIL):604 437-1940 | 1 866 437-1940 (toll free) Available8a.m.to8p.m.daily(excludingholidays).SAILisasafeplaceforolderadults,andthosewhocareaboutthem,totalktosomeoneaboutsituationswheretheyfeeltheyarebeingabusedormistreated,ortoreceiveinformationaboutelderabuseprevention:www.bcceas.ca

VictimLink BCisatollfree,confidentialandmultilingualtelephoneserviceavailableacrossBCandtheYukon24hoursaday,7daysaweekat 1 800 563-0808. It provides information andreferralservicestoallvictimsofcrimeandimmediatecrisissupporttovictimsoffamilyandsexualviolence.VictimLinkBCisTTYaccessible.CallTTYat604875-0885.

TheGovernmentofBritishColumbiathankstheOntarioNetworkofPreventionofElderAbuseforpermissiontoadaptmaterialfromtheir

publiceducationcampaign(www.onpea.org).Theoriginalcampaignwassupportedbythe

OntarioTrilliumFoundation.

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Starting the Conversation

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HOW TOTELLSOMEONEYOUAREBEINGABUSED

Starting the Conversation

Abuseisadifficultandemotionaltopictotalkabout.Oftenpeoplearefearful,humiliatedorashamedwhentheyfindthemselvesinanabusiverelationship.Ittakescourageforpeopleexperiencingabusetoreachoutandstarttheconversationtofindthesupporttheyneed.

Remember, no one deserves to be abused or mistreated. Consider telling:

•Someoneyoutrust

•Someonewhowilllistenandsupportyou

Who can you tell?

•Familymemberorrelative

•Friendorneighbour

•Lawyeroraccountant

•Staffatacommunitycentre,seniors’centreorseniors’group

•Clergy/faithleader

•Doctor

•Victimserviceworker

•Police

Considerbringingafriendwithyouwhenyoudecidetospeakwithsomeoneabouttheabuse.

How to start the conversation:

•Pickatimewhenyouwillhaveprivacyanddonotfeelrushed.

•Chooseaplacewhereyou are safeandwon’tbeinterrupted.

•Say“Ihaveaseriousproblemthathasbeenhappeningfor....”[mentionthelengthoftime].

Describe what has been happening.

My son, daughter, spouse, friend, caregiver...has been abusive by:

•Pushingme

•Slappingme

•Shovingme

•Threateningme

•Yellingatme

•Sayinghurtfulthingstome

•Sayinguntrueandunkindthingstome

• Ignoringme

•Makingitdifficultformeto getadequatefood,shelter,medicines

My son, daughter, friend, caregiver... has not been treating me well. He/she has:

•Usedmymoneyforthemselves

•Takenmoneyfrommybankaccountwithoutmypermission,ordeniedmeaccessto mymoney

•ForcedmetosignaPowerofAttorneyorWill

•Forcedmetosignover myhouse

•Forcedmetogivehim/hermyPINnumberandbankaccountinformation

•Prohibitedmefromvisitingmyfriends/familyorhavingthemvisitme

•Forbiddenmefromusingthetelephonetospeakwithfriendsorfamilyandblockedallcallersfromspeakingtome

When this happens it makes me feel:

•Sad

•Helpless

•Lonely

•Humiliated

•Embarrassed

•Depressed

•Angry

•Disrepected

•Frightened

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