off again‚ Ruth said‚ “Dam that was quick.” Pulling the pillow over her head‚ and wanted to go back to sleep‚ but today she had planned to see her grandfather‚ after her trip to Howardsville. During the last few visited him in the Mountaineer Nursing Home‚ he told interesting stories about Putney Mountain and Howardsville‚ a mining town forty miles southwest of Charleston in the Allegheny Mountains. Being a young reporter‚ Ruth wanted to jump-start her career by writing a fascinating story about
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Attention-Getter: a. 500‚000 to 1‚000‚000 cases of Elderly abuse or neglect are recorded every year by authorities. Most of them are true‚ but the saddest thing is for every one of those cases there are between 12 and 15 cases that are not reported to proper authorities. ( Video ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgl8MkjHcPk 2. Bond: Link-to Audience: a. I recently had the misfortune of having to put my grandparents into a nursing home‚ or assisted living facility and have already had an issue
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Burnes (1906) explains that elderly abuse or neglect refer to an intentional act which is physical‚ sexual‚ emotional‚ financial abuse‚ or neglect‚ occurring in a relationship of trust. Researchers‚ and clinicians recognize elder mistreatment is a big problem associated with major consequences‚ including shortened survival‚ and societal costs. It is important to understand the signs‚ types‚ and prevention of elderly abuse or neglect. As elders become weaker and weaker‚ they lose their ability to
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Did you ever wonder what an animal has to say? Only if we could communicate with animals and hear all the abuse it goes through maybe our thoughts would reflect on Animal Neglect. Animal neglect is cruel; not only does it harm innocent animals in captivity but also‚ it’s denies animals to live life fully. In todays society many human right activists want fair and equal rights for their own being‚ however when it comes down to the animals wellbeing many are unaware about how they get treated. Animals
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Well Elder Project Your Name: Terrie Lynn Rabaut Number of Visit: 5 . Place of Meeting: Clients Home Time: 3:00PM . Elder’s Initials: CD Age: 76 Sex: Female . 1. Describe Impressions‚ general reactions‚ and feelings related to 5th and final visit:
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Elderly Abuse: Recognizing and Reporting The 2009 United States Census shows that 12.4 percent of the Illinois population was 65 years of age or older. In Illinois‚ an estimated 76‚000 persons over age 60 suffered from elder abuse‚ but the state of Illinois reported receiving only 10‚583 elder abuse reports during 2008. The 2008 Illinois Elder Abuse and Neglect Program Annual Report‚ Demographics reveals that of reported cases of abuse in Illinois that year: almost one in four victims are age
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow once stated “A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.” Although they have some minor differences‚ the similarities between child neglect in the Victorian Era‚ and child neglect today‚ are alike. In the Victorian Era‚ children were often neglected of food‚ clothes‚ and health. Today‚ when children are permanently taken away from their parents‚ it is usually because the parents were neglecting them of food‚ health‚ and clothes. They are often
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William Bouguereau’s The Elder Sister is a painting of two siblings. The elder sister is the young girl holding her baby brother while sitting on a large‚ brown rock. The way the girl gazes at the audience shows that she is challenging and brave. As if she dares someone to mess with her younger sibling. The young girl’s facial expression is hard to tell. Similar to the smile of Mono Lisa‚ it’s not certain if the young girl is smiling or making a straight face. The bare foot hanging down‚ painted
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At home but not at home Nicole Constable The main aim of the article is showing that in case of migrants (specifically Filipinas in Honk Kong) the concept of home is not as simple and unambiguous as it may seem. Constable presents different conceptualizations of the notions “space”‚ “place” and “home”. He follows the conception of Ackbar Abbas‚ who writes‚ "We think of a place in terms of definable physical characteristics and situatedness‚ at most as a symbolic structure. A space by contrast
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1 Improving Wound and Pressure Area Care in a Nursing Home‚ Author: Sparkes K‚(2010)‚ Journal : Nursing Standard The purpose is to assess the gap and competency in nursing care‚ improve patient outcome by promoting standardized‚ assimilated care. Also‚ utilizing the best practice in wound care‚ and thereby reducing the severity‚ and number of wound in a community within a nursing home Qualitative and Quantitative Descriptive and experimental Two theoretical training sessions were delivered
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