As a caregiver, I had to learn early on of the many risk factors that may play a role in and lead up to elder abuse. Some of those risk factors that we need to take into consideration may include psychological well-being, mental health issues, hereditary and traumatic factors, personality characteristics, and level of intellectuality all can be contributing factors that can lead up to a person being abused by someone that does not have the ability to recognize these risk factors when they are being exhibited in behaviors.