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a nurse to determine which elderly patients are being abused because a sense of shame or a desire to protect the family member who...
over the age of 60 years in 1995, and that number will probably increase to about 1.2 billion (2002, p.1094) in 2025. Informatio...
This paper first describes 2 cases of abuse, one that pertains to elder abuse and the other to child sexual abuse. Then, the write...
"an older person with adequate food, clothing, shelter, medical care or assistance with activities of daily living" (Gray-Vickrey,...
This 5 page report discusses the fact that the majority of the population is aware that there is a serious problem in America wi...
In eighteen pages a comprehensive overview of domestic violence is presented in terms of its various types and includes such issue...
In eight pages the global aging population issue is discussed with elder abuse laws, increasing incidences of abuse and neglect, a...
This paper outlines a dilemma that arises when a patient requests secrecy upon revealing physical abuse to a student nurse. There...
The most recent trend in nursing home care is client-centered treatment. This paper examines statistics in elder care, with almost...
all aspects of professional nursing and a nurses obligation to patients to provide ethical and professional quality care. The firs...
results from alcohol or drug misuse and which interferes with professional judgment and the delivery of safe, high quality care" (...
This paper presents an overview of urgent issues in social work that entail provision of services to older adults. Topics addresse...
sometimes illusive. Generally, the characterization of elder abuse is that it does occur in the United States and while hard to de...
verbal abuse, neglect or abandonment, and psychological abuse (Tauriac and Scruggs, 2006). Physical abuse is the most common, and...
or she does)" (Elder abuse and neglect, 2007). Abuse may also take the form of financial exploitation, when the caregiver steals f...
Unfortunately, discrimination and...
in both domestic environments, i.e., private residences, and in institutions, i.e., nursing homes (Jogerst et al, 2003). However, ...
to the individual. Slapping, kicking, biting, pinching, and burning, inappropriate use of drugs, and, or, physical restraints; as...
In four pages this paper discusses how domestic, elder and child abuse are being targeted by California and New York through recen...
of the people of Sumer" (Greer 17), as represented by King Gilgamesh of Uruk. It is also an excellent historical tool which can b...
in tone, but still harbors the undercurrent that there is reason to dread. The poem describes the "soote" (sweet) season of spring...
the Bible is "overseer," the implication is that the verse is referring to a position of leadership in which the individual is res...
laws to get it. There are no dearth of people who slip across the northern or southern borders of the United States; many are so d...
those under stress or who are unhappy with their lives. For this reason there has been a higher use in poorer social classes where...
This paper addresses the new and growing field of forensic nursing. The author contends that forensic nursing is a necessity in t...
the reality of the good end" (Ross, 2005). Ross suggests that we can "have the satisfaction of being right, regardless of the dama...
be vulnerable to abuse or neglect for a variety of reasons and in a variety of situations, which range from home care to care in r...
treatment, rendering them victims in the ongoing breakdown of Americas health care system. According to Marks (1996), there are -...
There are many kinds of abuse, including mismanagement of their money, physical and/or emotional abuse, and neglect. It is a trage...
In a paper consisting of seven pages this 1969 play about a black family that offers hope despite social decline is examined. Fiv...