What is elder abuse? Elder abuse is a single or repeated act or lack of appropriate action‚ occurring within any relationship where there is an expectation of trust‚ which causes harm or distress to an older person. (Wikipedia.org) Elder abuse is occurring more than it is acknowledged. The human life span is growing. People are living longer. People are reaching 85 and older and therefore they require more services. Elder adults go through many changes as they age causing them to rely on people
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Susanna and the Elders On my trip to the Norton Simon Museum‚ a painting labeled Susanna and the Elders‚ Flemish women Jan Massys‚ really stood out to me. The specifications of this oil on canvas work of art are 42 x 77-1/2 in. (106.7 x 196.9 cm). The painting was made in 1564‚ during the Renaissance‚ and portrays an example of the religious tension of that time and reflects the era after the start of the Reformation. My first thought when gazing upon Susanna and the Elders bad things are about
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Running Head: THE SERIOUSNESS OF ELDER ABUSE 1 The Seriousness of Elder Abuse in Hong Kong Families To let older adults enjoy a sense of security and a sense of belonging is a time-honoured tradition in the Chinese society. Unfortunately‚ elder abuse has risen as a serious social problem in Hong Kong. An organization called “The Against Elderly Abuse of Hong Kong” has received 2212 requests for assistance related to elder abuse in 2011‚ which has doubled the number of requests received
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Elder Abuse The National Center on Elder Abuse described elder abuse as being usually intentional and involving any form of mistreatment that can result in physical pain‚ injury‚ or psychological suffering. These behaviors include acts of violence such as striking‚ hitting‚ slapping‚ beating‚ bruising‚ or restraining. It also involves force-feeding‚ inappropriate administration of medication and depriving of essential needs such as medical care‚ food and water. Elder abuse also involves emotional
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Advertising and elders Advertisers will pay more to reach younger people than to reach older people. The youth bias perpetuates through the advertising industry because the advertising industry itself is a young business. Older adults are rarely seen in any type of mass media‚ including advertising. The mass media emphasis on youth and beauty is one reason older adults are ignored. Studies done during the 1970s and 1980s show that less than 5% of commercials feature any elder characters at all.
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in a vulnerable state. Elder abuse is built upon exploitation and neglection. The most common type of elder abuse is financial. This is due to the fact that those ages 50 and above are in possession of approximately 70% of the nation’s wealth‚ which leads them to be targets of theft. Financial abuse is exploiting someone in order to gain their monetary possessions. This includes stealing money or property‚ committing fraud and scams‚ and using deception to deceive an elder person to hand over possessions
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November 26‚ 2012 Understanding the Effects of Elder Abuse When it comes to settling your elders in a nursing home or a at home nursing assistance care‚ families would want to find the up most care for their loved ones. Nursing homes and home care providers certainly have their function in society – they provide the elderly assistance with their everyday tasks such as cooking‚ cleaning and shopping. Then when it comes to a point when the elder can no longer care for themselves‚ they help with
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Caring for the Elderly A local thirteen year old boy‚ Jesse Van Norman made the news on June 21‚ 2007. His story was on the Channel 10 nightly news. He had organized a group of young people to make and deliver lap blankets to local nursing homes and spend time visiting with the residents as they handed them out. He is an exceptional young man and deserved all of the accolades he was being given. The blankets created by kids were greatly appreciated‚ but the time moves slowly in a convalescent
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HLTH 4523 Health & Aging Health & Aging Elder Interview Paper Description Students will interview an older adult on a topic related to health and aging. Students will develop questions based on their own interest‚ conduct an interview of an older adult using the questions‚ and write a summary of the experience. Requirements Develop interview questions. It is recommended that you develop 5-10 open-ended questions on a topic related to health and aging. Choose a topic of interest to you. These questions
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Sarah Elder Visit #1 Today is September 18‚ 2011. It is Sunday around 8am and I decided to spend my morning visiting a lady named Patricia. I met Patricia one day when my husband was doing some renovation on a friend’s house. She came over to ask for help‚ ever since then we have kept in contact with her. According to Hooyman and Kiyak‚ “Chronological aging is the definition of aging based on a person’s years lived from birth” (p.4. 2011). Patricia’s chronological age is 72. She has been living
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