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Financial Abuse

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  4. Financial Abuse

Financial exploitation is a form of financial abuse. It occurs when an individual or group takes advantage of an imbalance of power to coerce, manipulate or deceive a child, young person, or  adult (including those with care and support needs); to misuse or take their financial assets (including welfare benefits) for the financial advantage or increased status of the perpetrator or facilitator.

The victim may have been financially exploited even if the activity appears consensual; or may not have explicit knowledge of the exploitation.

Financial exploitation does not always involve physical contact; it can also occur using digital or postal communication.

The older people link just gives a link for safeguarding, but many older abuse issues are economic/financial and, we know from adult safeguarding data, are a significant proportion of adult safeguarding cases. Domestic abuse in older people is often underreported or ignored and people are referred to safeguarding. Indeed, a recent ADASS review of domestic homicide reviews showed that a large proportion were older people. You can find additional information on Surviving Economic Abuse here

Last Updated: 04 Sep 2025 10:58 AM

Related Links

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  • Surviving Economic Abuse
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