Brain, Creativity & Behavior

1)Old Age Abuse= Mrs Aruna, 85 years old, lost her husband last year. Because of her own problems with arthritis and congestive heart failure, Aruna moved in with her 55-year-old daughter, Suvarnai. The situation is difficult for all of them. Sometimes Suvarna feels as if she's at the end of her rope, caring for her mother, worrying about her college-age son and about her husband, who is about to be forced into early retirement. Suvarna has caught herself calling her mother names and accusing her mother of ruining her life. Recently, she lost her temper and slapped her mother. In addition to feeling frightened and isolated, mrs Aruna feels trapped and worthless. Like other forms of abuse, elder abuse is a complex problem, and it is easy for people to have misconceptions about it. Many people who hear "elder abuse and neglect" think about older people living in nursing homes or about elderly relatives who live all alone and never have visitors. But elder abuse is not just a problem of older people living on the margins of our everyday life. It is right in our midst: Most elder abuse and neglect takes place at home. The great majority of older people live on their own or with their spouses, children, siblings, or other relatives-not in institutional settings. When elder abuse happens, family, other household members, and paid caregivers usually are the abusers. Although there are extreme cases of elder abuse, often the abuse is subtle, and the distinction between normal interpersonal stress and abuse is not always easy to discern. BE INFORMED & GET HELP....!! 2) Overcoming Drug Addiction DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT, RECOVERY, AND HELP Drug addiction treatment and recovery step 1: