Elder Abuse

Elder Abuse

Elder Abuse

Abuse is about power and control and includes physical abuse, emotional abuse, and psychological abuse. Elderly abuse is said to be the negligence of patients or harassing them. Harassment can be sexual, behavioral, psychological and emotional. This report further puts light on the causes and reasons of the elderly abuse on nursing homes and in assisted living facilities. The theories of abuse are discussed. The staff role and prevention factors are highlighted in the report too. In the end, conclusion of this report entails the recommendations for the prevention of elderly report. The goal of this written report on elderly abuses to aware the audience about this problem and focus on the care and love for the loved ones (Mahoney, 2001).

Elderly abuse is said to be the negligence of patients or harassing them. Harassment can be sexual, behavioral, psychological and emotional. This report further puts light on the causes and reasons of the elderly abuse on nursing homes and in assisted living facilities.

Violation of patient rights and medication withholding, as well as neglect of personal cares and rough handling of patients during assistance and Verbal abuse is a grave situation in present time, at nursing homes and assisted living facilities. The maltreatment of people over the age of 60 is commonly referred to as elder abuse (Payne, 2005).

Elder abuse provides their own specific definitions of three categories and generally exclude self-neglect or self-abuse, instead focusing on types of domestic and institutional elder abuse. These types include physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional or psychological abuse, neglect, and exploitation. Elder abuse is a public health and criminal justice concern that requires worldwide attention. This entry discusses the different types of institutions that provide long-term care for older adults, provides information on the prevalence of elder abuse within these institutions, explores the theories of such abuse within institutions, and ends with a brief discussion on responding and preventing elder abuse within institutions (Martin, 2005).

Long-Term Care Institutions

Generally, an institution is a facility that provides long-term care (i.e., nursing care and related medical or psychosocial services) for individuals who cannot obtain this care within their own homes. The most common type of long-term care institution is the nursing home, but assisted living is now the fastest growing segment of long-term care within the United States. Nursing homes can be for-profit, nonprofit, or government facilities. All three ownership groups provide skilled and basic nursing care and assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs) for individuals who have difficulty performing tasks such as bathing, toileting, transferring from bed to the chair, and eating. Currently, slightly more than 5% of the U.S. population aged 65 and older resides in nursing homes and assisted living facilities. However, the percentage of institutionalized elders increases to 24.5% for those over the age of 85 and approximately 50% of those 95 and older. Because residents within nursing homes are considered to be the most physically and emotionally vulnerable group of elders, they are especially in jeopardy of being ...