Elder Abuse: Society ’s Dirty Little Secret Patricia James Western Governors University Abstract Any elderly person is at risk of being abused by family members‚ caregivers or strangers. The abuse can be physical‚ sexual‚ emotional or psychological. Abuse can be categorized as neglect‚ abandonment‚ financial or material exploitation‚ or it may even involve self-neglect. Abuse of our elders is usually at the hands of a loving family or a trusted caregiver which makes this society’s
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emotional neglect‚ financial neglect‚ abandonment and self-neglect (Child Neglect‚ 2013). Neglect could affect children of all ages. It can potentially affect infants‚ toddlers‚ preschool aged & middle aged children. However‚ research has shown that it is more common in children with physical disabilities. Neglect can possibly affect a child’s development extremely. The abuse of children can
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Women’s abuse in Lithuania Violence is one of the most horrible things a person can experience in his or her life. It’s an improper usage of abuse not just against women‚ but against all of the people in the world. A person can be abused‚ violated‚ raped or even killed by another aggressive person or a group of people. Sometimes the abusers are random strangers‚ but most of the time they’re people very closely related or just very much acquainted with the abused person‚ because it’s easier to rape
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Abstract This paper gives the following: effective interviewing skills related to children and teens coping with child abuse and neglect and an in-depth discussion of a specific evidenced-based intervention theory to use with either children or teens that have experienced child abuse. The child abuse and neglect paper that I used for my assessment is the Sandra Horton case. The Horton family has many emotional‚ mental‚ and physical issues. The primary caregiver is Michelle Horton‚
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Blake Moss Abuse Versus Discipline A mother spanks her child in a public parking lot. While a nearby citizen watches in horror and begins to dial 911. Is this wrong? Does the mother have authority to do this to her own child? Who gets to decide how the mother disciplines her child? Why here? These are the questions that come across the mind of today’s society. Most people would agree that the child did something “wrong‚” but opinion collide on how the mother should discipline the child. Parents
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Emily Yapp Ms. Jones English 3A 6 December 2013 Effects of Drug Abuse Drug abuse is common in all societies. Families and communities are becoming less happy‚ suffering from serious injuries due to drug abuse‚ or torn apart by death. Around the world and throughout time‚ drug abuse has shown to be common among families. Abuse of any kind takes over everything in the abusers life. Drugs and alcohol abuse can affect a person’s capability to keep a job. Drugs and alcohol not only affects the
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Domestic Violence and Abuse Abstract Domestic Violence is one of the most occurring situations found in the United States. This form of violence‚ also known as spousal abuse‚ happens within a relationship that is intimate or within a marriage. This particular issue seems to be found to affect women more often than men in varying ways such as injury or even death. Some of the injuries found in domestic violence cases are the head‚ neck‚ chest‚ face‚ breast‚ and abdomen‚ which are the most
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Elderly Abuse: Recognizing and Reporting The 2009 United States Census shows that 12.4 percent of the Illinois population was 65 years of age or older. In Illinois‚ an estimated 76‚000 persons over age 60 suffered from elder abuse‚ but the state of Illinois reported receiving only 10‚583 elder abuse reports during 2008. The 2008 Illinois Elder Abuse and Neglect Program Annual Report‚ Demographics reveals that of reported cases of abuse in Illinois that year: almost one in four victims are age
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Types of abuse... Physical – Punching‚ Kicking‚ Scratching‚ slapping‚ biting‚ scalding‚ hair pulling‚ poking‚ pushing‚ pinching‚ burning‚ shoving‚ tripping over‚ binding limbs‚ choking‚ beating‚ cutting‚ starvation‚ imprisonment‚ force feeding‚ deliberate dehydration‚ twisting arms‚ sleep deprivation‚ torture‚ drowning‚ bruising‚ Signs or Symptoms:-Injuries that have not received medical attention‚ frequent or regular falls and injuries‚ “pepper-pot bruising” finger-marks‚ bruising in areas not
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Different types of abuse There are 4 main types of abuse: Physical Mental Sexual and Neglect PHYSICAL ABUSE Physical abuse is an act of another party involving contact intended to cause feelings of physical pain‚ injury‚ or other physical suffering or bodily harm. In most cases‚ children are the victims of physical abuse‚ but adults can be the sufferers too. Physically abused children are at risk for later interpersonal problems involving aggressive behaviour‚ and adolescents are at a much greater
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