Under the Georgian Law, elder abuse is referred to any deliberate, intentional, knowing or negligent act of a caregiver that causes harm to any vulnerable adult. The Georgian law categorises this abuse into four main types:

●Physical Abuse: Anyone who inflicts pain or threatens an elderly person to inflict any kind of pain or injury, one who deprives them of their fundamental requirements or tries to make any kind of non-consensual sexual contact are considered as culprits violating the law pertaining elder abuse.

●Emotional Abuse: Anyone who inflicts any kind of mental pain, distress or anguish on any elder through non-verbal or a verbal acts.

●Neglect: If you fail to offer any kind of essential services that leads to threatens or harm the elders.

●Financial Exploitation: If you make any improper or illegal use of resources of an elder for your personal gain or motive, you will have to answer the law.

So, who exactly are defined as elder abusers. The category may include anyone who gets in touch with elder. It mainly includes the people elderly people who are trusted by elderly. It can range from family members to caregivers, fiduciaries, as well as con artists. Con artists are those people who wish to swindle elderly with fraudulent telemarketing, mail, or door-to-door plans that offer them to get rich quickly and by providing them with any kind of unperformed or unnecessary services. Similarly, fiduciaries are the people who have legal obligation to act in best interest of the elderly people. It may range from real estate brokers to notaries, lawyers, stockbrokers, accountants, advisers, as well as their attorneys. If any of them uses their position to get trust from them for personal gain or benefit, they will definitely need to answer the law.

Bradford Sperr has been practicing law in Athens from last 2 decades. He started his career with a non-profit law firm and after working for a decade, he came up with his own firm. His company still focuses on the issues that influence the lives of families and clients directly. They have been serving clients across Georgia in area including Walton County, Oconee County, Morgan County, Madison County, Jackson County, Hart County, Hall County, Greene County, and so forth. For more details, you can always visit their official site at https://sperrlaw.com. Other contact specifics are as follows:

Address: 2350, Prince Avenue #21, Athens, Georgia - 30606
Phone: 706 608 4941
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