Ensure physical injury or condition appearing to be the result of physical abuse, abuse of financial affairs, neglect, or abandonment of an elder or dependent adult in accordance with state laws are reported to the local law enforcement agency and Department of Health (Welfare and Institutions Code Section 15600-15659). Elder means any person 65 years of age or older.
Physical abuse means a situation where any person who has the care or custody of or who stands in a position of trust with an elder or dependent adult willfully inflicts upon that elder a cruel or inhumane corporal punishment or injury.