Diversity and Child Abuse Prevention Diversity and How Child Abuse in Handled in New York Compared to Other Countries There is developing debate regarding the suitable combination of programs and polices needed to react to concerns of child abuse a Continue Reading...
Drug abuse is a menace in the modern world. The action of over using drugs or inappropriate application of substance wipes both old and young generations within the society. Drug abuse involves excessive use of substances such as alcohol, cigarette, Continue Reading...
.....abuse and/or neglect of children and the elderly is a major issue in the American criminal justice system because of increased prevalence of such cases. However, getting accurate information regarding the extent of child and elder abuse is incre Continue Reading...
Guard: An Exploration of Women Abuse in a Group of Women With Musculoskeletal Pain In this article Hamberg, Johansson and Lindgren explore abuse in women suffering from long-term musculoskeletal pain. Twenty participants were examined and date acqu Continue Reading...
Native American elder discussed on page 13 in the text is a peculiar one. However, the employment of the five-axis diagnosis provided in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders provides a good deal of information about what sort of Continue Reading...
Substance / Alcohol Abuse among the Elderly Substance/alcohol abuse among the elderly 60 years and older Alcohol and substance abuse among the elderly is a significant social problem, not only because people in this age group tend to have very perm Continue Reading...
Benshoff, John J. & Laura K. Harrawood, Darwin Shane Koch. (Apr-May 2003) "Substance abuse and the elderly: unique issues and concerns." Journal of Rehabilitation. Journal article retrieved from Find Articles Health & Fitness database on 25 O Continue Reading...
.....theoretical perspectives to understand human development is stage theories, which postulate that human development takes place in different stages and change throughout the life span (Lerner et al., 2013, p.466). Erikson's Psychosocial Theor Continue Reading...
For one it is possible that the success rate may be limited by the number of participants willing to participate in a case study in the setting selected for purposes of this study. The results should suggest that multiple interventions including dir Continue Reading...
Likewise, managers and supervisors in vocational situations vary in their ability to handle relationships with subordinates appropriately. Furthermore, any significant change in, and (especially) reversal of the power differential may present more c Continue Reading...
If anything, such a person may have regrets over having wasted too much of life on impersonal achievements and selfish pursuits. 6. Do you agree that in later life men become more nurturing and women more assertive? What do you think are the findin Continue Reading...
criminal justice. Each question must be 300 words long. Identify the requirements for the insanity plea in your jurisdiction and contrast this with the M'Naghten standard, the Brawner standard, ALI standard, and the Durham rule. Identify similariti Continue Reading...
At this stage, agism entails that many older people are made to feel that they are a burden not only on society, but also on those who are obliged to care for them (Holstein, Parks, and Waymack, 2011, p. 130). This in turn creates related ethical co Continue Reading...
Crisis Case Study 2 is about Mr. Jones, the "fragile adult." Recently, a neighbor has brought attention to a case involving Mr. Jones and has asked for a crisis worker to help. Mr. Jones is an elder who lives alone, but whose son has been seen occas Continue Reading...
The service provider should then be able to assess the specific needs of the elderly person and give advice about the best option for living facilities. Becoming older and more frail often also means being the victim of not only increasing financia Continue Reading...
Abusive Relationships, Patterns of Violence, the Future of the Family Part 1 Some women remain in abusive relationships for different reasons. Some are scared to leave. Others feel that they still love the person so to leave because they are being ab Continue Reading...
It is in the nursing homes job description, that the nursing staff employed should be certified, and be able to perform a number of tasks in order to better understand the patient. This includes an assessment of the patient's mental status and thoug Continue Reading...
Lesson Plan for Professional Development Teaching Plan/Objective: Service Learning Plan for Elder Services (Professional Development Module) Elders as Resources programs address a number of the social, psychological and cognitive needs of students Continue Reading...
There is no doubt that Florence Nightingale is one of most historic and prevalent voices in the history of nursing. There are certainly other names that one can discuss when it comes to nursing theory. However, this report shall focus on her and the Continue Reading...
Fraud and the Elderly Elderly Fraud Victimization Prevalence and Predictors of Fraud Victimization among the Elderly Prevalence and Predictors of Fraud Victimization among the Elderly Applied Research and Consulting (ARC, 2013) conducted a recent Continue Reading...
5. There were 2,340 deaths attributed to IPV in 2007 (70% female; 30% male). Describe the relevance and application of this information to criminal justice professionals. Despite an increasing amount of research into intimate partner violence, no Continue Reading...
The problem that exists in attempting to better understand elder care abuse from a clinical and social perspective, is that there are not enough studies relative to these contemporary times from which to gain insight in order to benefit a clinical Continue Reading...
It is also wise to have it reviewed by a doctor or attorney, the Family Doctor Web site suggests; that way you can be assured that what you wish to have done with you and to you if you become incapacitated is "understood exactly as you intended" (Fa Continue Reading...
MFT: Psychology of Violence Types of Abuse Inflicted on Spouses There are various forms of spousal abuse, but the legal definition of the term is, reckless or deliberate infliction of emotional or physical injury on one's spouse. Spousal abuse pena Continue Reading...
Lesbian Health Care Lesbian Health Issues in a Heterosexual Society The additional burdens placed on the lives of minorities as a result of social exclusion can lead to health disparities. Social exclusion theory has been used in previous research Continue Reading...
The topic I focused on for this exercise was related to the use of the criminal justice system in cases of elder abuse. Elder abuse refers mainly to the physical and psychological abuse experienced by elders who are residents of nursing homes. Becaus Continue Reading...
While it is true that in many countries like Canada there has been a reduction in vulnerabilities such as poverty among the elderly, it is equally true that; some 3.3 million seniors still live below the poverty line Good housing and proper medical Continue Reading...
However, for a non-pedophile child molester, sex drive may have little to do with the assaults and chemical castration may result in the child being sexually assaulted with objects or physically assaulted instead of sexually assaulted. Therefore, be Continue Reading...
These grants were to provide community planning and services and for training through research, development or training projects. Its 10 objectives were aligned with the major areas of federal programming. These were an adequate income in retirement Continue Reading...
MFT: Psychology of Violence- Domestic Violence, Abuse and Legal Mandates Violence has been described as any form of aggression that could result in either psychological or physical injury. From the early beginning of the current century, violence ha Continue Reading...
What is the nature of these service shortfalls and how do these service limitations potentially impact older adults' "quality of life" outcomes in both the short- and long-term? 1. Lack of elderly population abuse prevention mechanisms 2. Lack of Continue Reading...
However, research has shown this to be a more serious issue than previously thought. New research using reconstructed exposure histories suggested a clear association between heavy metal exposure, including lead, and Parkinson's disease. For a perio Continue Reading...
In the last few decades the percentage of women in the labor force has dramatically increased from 11% in 1940 to 56% in 1980 with 62% of the women between the ages of 45 and 65 employed (U.S. Department of Labor, 1986).The extent to which such empl Continue Reading...
Because so many older people have aged in a healthy way, they remain able bodied and are more than willing to lend their energy and experience to providing better and more effective services. This will create not only a vital resource for older peop Continue Reading...
Workable plan unmet HC need Individuals who are particularly vulnerable to having unmet healthcare needs are often found in rural areas of the nation. Unlike the past, in the beginning of health care development, (Starr, 1998, pp. 16, 64) entry into Continue Reading...
Physician Assisted Suicide in Patients With Unbearable Suffering or the Terminally Ill One of the most hotly debated issues today is physician-assisted suicide. Recently, California became the fifth state to legalize physician-assisted suicide, and Continue Reading...
Aging The "baby boomers" are getting older, and aging is becoming one of the most important social, economic, and political issues in the United States. Concurrent with the aging process are a slew of physical and psychological health issues. The ag Continue Reading...
