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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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How Social Support In Relationships Affects One Health
1,768 words... e things for themselves such as time with friends, relaxing, and shopping. In some cases, the only thing women have to support them could be a bad habit like smoking; it helps them cope and structures their time. This is a prime example of how a women's support on their family can impact their health. The focus here is the nature of roles experienced by family members and their support for each other. According to Gove (1972), men generally have multiple major roles, like worker, breadwinner...
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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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Long Term Care Home Health Care
1,947 wordsAmerica has a highly developed health care system, which is available to all people. Although it can be very complex and frustrating at times it has come a long way from the health care organizations of yesterday. Previously most health care facilities were a place where the sick were housed and cared for until death. Physicians rarely practiced in hospitals and only those who were fortunate could afford proper care at home or in private clinics. Today the level of health care has excelled treme...
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Con Artists Elderly Person
1,078 wordsScam artists have always preyed on the gullible, but in recent years, much of the focus of these thieves has been on the elderly. It is quite a well known fact that the elderly possess the greatest percentage of disposable income with the least amount of debt. Old people with money. Scam artists prey upon these people with unrelenting deception. It is not a problem that will just go away. The problem must be analyzed and only then can we learn what to do. First we must analyze the different red ...
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