Here are some of the different types of abuse and examples of them:

• Psychological – emotional abuse, humiliation, control, coercion, isolation and cyber-bullying
• Sexual – indecent exposure, rape, sexual photography, inappropriate touching or subjection to witnessing sexual acts
• Modern slavery – human trafficking, slavery or forced labour.
• Discriminatory- derogatory comments, harassment, being denied medical treatment or not providing access to it
• Financial – fraud, theft, scamming or coercion to get someone to wrongly invest their money
• Neglect – ignoring the needs of a person (emotional, physical or medical), failure to provide access to medical or support services or withholding necessitates e.g. medication.
• Physical – hitting, slapping, pushing, punching, forcing medication to someone, restraint or assault.
• Domestic – includes some of the other abuse types above: physical, asexual, emotional, financial or psychological.
• Self neglect – this covers when someone is neglecting to care for themselves e.g. personal hygiene or surroundings.
• Organisational – neglect within an organisation, poor care practise or an institution or care or hospital setting.