ELDERLY ABUSE

Elderly Abuse



Table of content

Introduction3

Discussion and Analysis3

The distinct kinds of elderly abuse4

Physical abuse5

Emotional abuse5

Verbal forms5

Sexual abuse6

Economic exploitation6

Health fraud and abuse6

Risk components for elder abuse7

Conclusion7

Elderly Abuse

Introduction

Respect for the elderly is an important concept in many countries and especially in societies with the teachings of respect for others. Asians, in particular, are taught that the older generation should be revered and respected as they are the parents of that generation. However, in the U.S. many aged persons are mistreated and abused each year. They are physical, verbal, and mental and abused by their children or those who work to care for them. Like anything that is terribly wrong with American society, the abuse of the elderly remains calm and many cases go unreported (Nerenberg, 2007, 31).

Discussion and Analysis

As the elderly to be physically weaker, less able to stand up to bullying and / or defend themselves if attacked. They cannot see or hear as well or as clearly as before, leaving openings for unscrupulous people who prey on them. Mental or physical illness may make them more partners treating people living with them (Miller, 1993, 74).

Tens of thousands of older people in the United States are being abused: harmed substantially often people who are directly responsible for their care

More than half a million reports of abuse against elderly Americans came to the authorities every year, and millions more cases go unreported.

The elderly are mistreated and sometimes beaten as young children. In his physical condition seems much older children because they have become weak and vulnerable. Depend on others to avoid frequently abused.

Physical, mental, and / or emotionally, they become dependent on others for one or more activities of daily living. This dependence, usually in combination with one or more variables, the leaves of the elderly vulnerable to abuse. The abuse can ...