Elder Abuse In The Latino Community: Article Analysis

Article Review: Elder Abuse in the Latino Community After reading the article, Elder Abuse and Neglect in Latino Families, I have a much better understanding of what elder abuse really means. When I think about the word abuse, the first representation that comes to mind is a violent beating of some sort and not so much mental abuse. This article mainly focuses on the mental abuse that many elderly Latinos go through each day. After reading this article I have a much better understanding of what elder abuse essentially is. I completely agree with the arguments that this article puts forward about elder abuse and to me it makes a lot of sense now how so many elderly individuals are abused. One of the many arguments mentioned in the article is the lack of recognition of cultural identity differences. The article says “Lack of recognition within family cultural identity differences may lead to emotional
Reports show that Latinos are much more likely to being disrespected or discriminated against than others. This causes them to not want to seek out medical treatment because it puts distrust in medical providers when this happens. If I were to go to a doctor and I felt as if I was being discriminated against there is now way that I would want to go back. As a matter of fact I would not want to go to any doctor if that is how I felt I was going to be treated. Another barrier is that they fear being deported if they were to report abuse. This causes them to have to suffer in silence because they do not want to deal with the immigrations system. If I was not a legal resident of the US then I would try to stay as low key as possible and by reporting abuse would only draw attention that would likely lead to deportation. It’s understandable why they do not report these types of things because it would just bring more of a burden to their