Saskatchewan Federation of Police Officers 57 Preventing the abuse of yourself •Stay as active as you can - go on outings with friends; volunteer; join a gym; visit neighbours. •Maintain your friendships and maintain contact with loved ones. •Have any cheques that you may receive, i.e., pension cheques automatically deposited to your bank account . •Have bills, such as your telephone bill, automatically paid from your bank account. •Get legal advise when creating, and/or have a lawyer draw up a Power of Attorney for Property and/or Power of Attorney for Personal Care for you. •Only grant attorneyship (as in a Continuing Power of Attorney for Property and/or a Power of Attorney for Personal Care) to someone, or some people, that you know you can trust, and whom you know will respect your wishes. •Write into your Continuing Power of Attorney for Property instructions regarding when it is to come into effect. •Attend educational seminars/sessions that are being offered in your community regarding the abuse of older adults, your rights, senior’s safety, etc. Preventing the abuse of older adults •Educate yourself about the abuse of older adults and the rights of older adults. •Become involved in your local abuse of older adults Committee or Network and encourage the development of educational sessions for older adults on their rights. •Learn about the rights of seniors and explain these rights to older adults that you know. •Listen to older adults - take time when speaking to them about their current situation and offer suggestions regarding how they might keep themselves, and their assets, safe. •Take an older friend out to lunch, visit them, call them to see how they are doing - in short, keep in touch older adult family members and friends. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION The Canadian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse www.cnpea.ca As originally published on www.onpea.org PREVENTING ELDER ABUSE
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