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Psychological Abuse Elder Abuse
754 wordsElder Abuse - The Hidden Crime web The definition of elderly abuse is the mistreatment of the elderly that is inflicted by someone else as opposed to self-neglect which is often a result of mental deterioration or other disabilities. It may consist of passive neglect, psychological abuse, financial abuse, active neglect or physical abuse. Life expectancy has increased since the turn of the century. And for many aging adults, retirement is looked forward to as a time to slow down and enjoy their ...
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Abuse And Neglect Quality Of Life
1,396 wordsPending approval from the General Assembly, the funding for older Illinoisans will receive nearly an eight percent increase in the fiscal year 2001 budget for the Illinois Department on Aging. The states portion of the overall spending is $ 234. 9 million and funds the Departments Community Care program at $ 205 million. The program provides senior citizens with home care services, adult day services and custodial care. The eight percent increase is drastically needed according to Carol Aronson,...
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Elder Abuse Abuse Neglect
1,832 wordsThe National Elder Abuse Incidence Study? Executive Summary? Introduction and Background America's burgeoning elder population has affected every segment of the social, political, and economic landscape. Public debate of the issues surrounding the special needs of the approximately 44 million persons in this country age 60 years and over has heightened national awareness and concern. As a result, public policies relating to issues such as retirement security, affordable long-term care, and quali...
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Elder Abuse Elderly Population
1,906 words... all categories of abuse, with the exception of abandonment. They accounted for over half the reports of neglect (51. 8 percent), and 48. 0 percent of financial / material abuse, 43. 7 percent of physical abuse, and 41. 3 percent of emotional / psychological abuse. In all types of abuse and neglect, elderly victims in the 60 - 64 and 65 - 69 age groups accounted for the smallest percentages. Female elders were more likely to be the victims of all categories of abuse, except for abandonment. W...
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Abuse Or Neglect Abuse And Neglect
1,778 words... s from the local Adult Protective Service (APS) agency responsible for receiving and investigating reports in each county; and (2) reports from approximately 1, 100 'sentinels'-specially trained individuals in a variety of community agencies having frequent contact with the elderly. Many sentinels were mandatory or voluntary reporters of elder abuse, as defined by state laws. The sentinel approach to collecting data is an alternative to more costly general population surveys and has been use...
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Abuse And Neglect Elder Abuse
1,834 words... times more than one data form was received for the same maltreated elder, describing either the same or different abusive incidents. It was necessary to identify such duplicates and count each person only once for purposes of this study. Out of a total of 1, 699 APS and sentinel reports, study staff identified 93 sets of genuine duplicates, resulting in 1, 606 unduplicated reports (1, 466 APS and 140 sentinel). Duplicate cases reported both to APS and sentinel agencies were removed from the ...
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Elder Abuse Cruel Treatment
1,322 wordsElder abuse Nowadays our slogans are make the way for youth, youth is our future and so on. It is nice and true. But because of our natural selfishness we forgot that we have not only future but the past where we were brought up by the elders. Many of us are just ashamed to recognize that they often simply forget about the existence of their old relatives, not to mention taking care of them. Elders can suffer infringements of motility, mentality and ability to orient in space that is why they ne...
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