Describe reporting and consequences of a specific type of violence (SLP)It is estimated that elder abuse and neglect affects 700,000 to 1.2 million elders in the US every year. It is assumed there is large scale under-reporting of cases.
It is estimated that elder abuse and neglect affects 700,000 to 1.2 million elders in the US every year. It is assumed there is large scale under-reporting of cases.
The most likely victims of elder abuse are women, persons age 75 or older; and individuals who are isolated and dependent on others for care and protection. Adult children are the most frequent abusers of the elderly (30%), followed by other family members (15%) and spouses (14%). Neglect is the most common form of elder maltreatment in domestic settings.
Forms of abuse may be (1) PHYSICAL, which includes direct beatings, lack of food, lack of medical care or overmedication, sexual exploitation, and neglect (2) PSYCHOLOGICAL/EMOTIONAL, with verbal assaults, threats, fear, isolation, and withholding emotional support (3) MATERIAL, including theft, misuse of funds or property, extortion, duress and fraud (4) VIOLATION OF RIGHTS, with coercion, locking up, forced removal from home or forced entry into a nursing home (5) DENIAL OF BASIC NEEDS, including food, clothing, shelter and healthcare, and (6) ABANDONMENT.
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We are now aware of some of the personal characteristics of an abused adult/abuser and indicators of physical abuse. Its important that we now turn our attention to other factors relating to either intentional or unintentional elder abuse.
The proportion of elderly people in the U.S. is increasing, thus American families are being called upon in increasing numbers to care for elderly members of their families. Women are clearly at increased risk in this situation because they are involved with elder care more than men.
When you discuss these problems with people, it is often dismissed as Selfishnessand Lack of family valuesto bring up the stress that such care-giving may endure. We have a very short historical hindsight; most people dont realize that the human lifespan has virtually doubled in about 150 years (47 was the average in 1900, the current life expectancy is 77.8 years). This is a NEW problem. For most of human history, there just werent that many infirm elderly people around. Most died, the few that had longevity were more likely to have respect and even elevated status in some world cultures. With families more isolated due to our treasured American social mobility, and this increasing number of elderly members requiring care, this real problem (having nothing to do with people being Selfishor Evil”) is just getting worse by the decade. We need social support and solutions, not blaming and moralizing.
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