Some provinces have laws that deal with either issues of family or domestic violence or with the issue of neglected or vulnerable adults. As well as providing protection in emergency situations, the laws may also provide for someone to apply for a protective order for an adult in a non-emergency situation. Alternatively, the law may provide for notification of neglect to an agency that will then investigate and take appropriate action.

Provincial government offices will be able to tell you if such a law exists in your mother's area. You must find out whether the law in the jurisdiction applies to the situation. For example, some provincial laws about family violence require that the victim be living with the family member, which would not help in all situations of elder abuse (but applies to your mother's situation). Even if there is no specific law in your mother's province, or the law does not apply to her situation, the abuse may still be a criminal offence that can be reported to the police or to other authorities. You can also talk to your mother, and encourage and assist her to remove herself from the situation.