are so morally obligated to focus on child or spousal abuse that elderly abuse gets over looked. Every year an estimated 2.1 million older Americans are victims of this abuse. Elderly abuse is nothing to be taken lightly. It is one of the most unreported crimes in the country and the abuse usually occurs when someone is taking advantage of a fragile or disabled elderly person‚ using physical and mental tactics or neglecting them. Elderly abuse is not only morally and ethically wrong but it is wrong
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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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I am an Adulty Adult Austrian psychologist Erick Erickson states “to become an adult one must achieve a separate identity" He defines identity as "a sense of self apart from one’s family" In his proposed psychoanalytic theory of psychosocial development he explains that by failing to achieve this‚ we become stagnant and unproductive. How do we achieve a separate identity‚ what is it that makes an adult; is it our decisions‚ our circumstances‚ or our age? I believe it is a culmination of all three
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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION PHYSICAL ABUSE FACTORS OF PHYSICAL ABUSE WARNING SIGNS OF PHYSICAL ABUSE EMOTIONAL ABUSE FACTORS OF EMOTIONAL ABUSE WARNING SIGNS OF EMOTIONAL ABUSE SEXUAL ABUSE WARNING SIGNS OF SEXUAL ABUSE EFFECT OF SEXUAL ABUSE NEGLECT ABUSE EFFECT OF NEGLECT ABUSE LIFELONG EFFECTS OF CHILD ABUSE TO CHILDREN WAYS TO PREVENT CHILD ABUSE CONCLUSION Child Abuse occurs at every socioeconomic level‚across ethnic and culture‚within all religions‚and at all level of education
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Throughout history there has been a constant. Substance abuse has been around since the dawn of time‚ consuming millions of lives in its wake. These people that get addicted are normal‚ everyday people that lose their way in life. Unfortunately the people that lose their way down this path have a tough time fighting back to normalcy. During this time‚ they not only affect themselves for the worst‚ they affect the people around them; the people who care about them. There are many facets to drug addiction
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break the abuse cycle. Some ways in which one can manage emotions and reactions is by learning what is appropriate and what is not. It’s important to have realistic expectations of what a child can handle and what is age appropriate. By developing new parenting skills and learning how to control emotions appropriate parenting skills will start to form. By learning appropriate discipline techniques and how to set clear boundaries with your child‚ it leaves less space for frustration to occur. Taking
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Child Abuse Every year‚ thousands of families welcome a new baby into their home. The upcoming years are spent watching children movies‚ going to parks and zoos‚ buying ice cream from the truck‚ and finger painting with their family while on a picnic. Almost all of the children brought into this world get to experience what it is to have a loving family; however‚ for a small percentage‚ life is not so peachy. They are forced to deal with things that most of us would never imagine in our worst
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2303 18 June 2013 Child Abuse Introduction I. The National Child Abuse Statistics stated that every six hours a child dies in the United States due to abuse or neglect. Child abuse is one of our nation ’s most serious public health problems. II. No‚ I was not abused nor have I witnessed abuse‚ but scientific studies show a link between child abuse and neglect of children and a wide range of medical‚ emotional‚ and behavioral disorders such as depression‚ alcohol abuse‚ drug addiction and juvenile
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Child abuse is something that takes place in the world because a couple of jerks decided they wanted a kid. But they didn’t want to give the kid the kind of love that they kids needs‚ which is caring and understanding. Instead they decided to beat on their child‚ abuse them mentally‚ and in some cases even sexually. Scarring the child for life‚ because they decided that it was fun to abuse on an innocent child that all they wanted was love not to be hated or abused. Deaths occur because they can’t
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Child Abuse Needs to be Stopped When walking by a small child‚ the thought that he or she is being abused may be the last thought that goes through someones mind. Although‚ child abuse occurs a lot more often than most people believe. According to the National Child Abuse Statistics‚ “A report of child abuse is made every 10 seconds.” (National Child Abuse Statistics 1) This issue is not only extremely important for our society to understand and begin to take action towards‚ but it could be considered
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