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This type of mistreatment causes emotional stress or injury to an older person. Examples include verbal abuse—threatening remarks, insults, or harsh commands—and remaining silent or ignoring the person. Another form of psychologic abuse is infantilism (a form of ageism), whereby the elderly person is treated as a child, which both patronizes and encourages the person to passively accept a dependent role.

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