When employees experience negative feelings or emotions that result from conflict‚ it may cause them to neglect their patient care responsibilities. During an argument employees blow out‚ the tension between parties affects others around including patients. The opportunities for mistakes with medications increases because the mind is focused on the conflict; the ability to deliver an appropriate care is in danger for the emotional distress that both employees are experiencing. I remember that
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Social Inequality in Elderly Americans Elderly people (women and men age sixty-five or older) (Macionis‚ 2005)‚ Have many obstacles to face as they grow older‚ many of these obstacles involve social inequality. Not only do the elderly have to learn to deal with many forms of Ageism (the stereotyping and prejudice against individuals or groups because of their age)‚ some also have to deal with the fact that they do not have enough savings or pension benefits to be self supporting‚ for most people
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Child Abuse and neglect Child Abuse and Neglect Eryn E. Haygood Oklahoma State University 4/30/2014 Child Abuse and Neglect Child abuse is more than just broken bones and bruises. Even though physical abuse may be the most visible‚ there are other types of abuse too‚ such as emotional and sexual abuse and neglect. The sooner the abused children receive help‚ the better the chance they have to heal the break the cycle. Neglect‚ a common form of child abuse‚ is a pattern
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David Kaiser Law - Medical Malpractice - Nursing Home Neglect Americans are living longer than ever before thanks to advancements in medical technology‚ diet‚ and treatments. For many‚ this means entering assisted care as they age. Some may have disabilities that prevent from living on their own. Often times‚ the family that would care for them at a healthier time in their life can not provide the constant medical assistance needed. Many have family members that entrust a professional organization
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Neglect the highest percentage of all abuse cases is when a parent or guardian doesn’t give the care‚ supervision‚ affection and support the child needs for its health‚ and well being (child help). There are also different types of child neglect such as‚ inadequate supervision‚ emotional neglect‚ medical neglect‚ and educational neglect. Physical neglect is when children need enough care to stay healthy and needs parents to care enough to watch over them but‚ the parents don’t care enough for a child
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The Effects of Child Abuse and Neglect Lasting Effects As a child your mind is completely open and vulnerable with every experience having a lasting impression on you. Children are naturally trusting so when traumatic events occur in a child’s life such as rape‚ neglect or abuse‚ it’s incredibly difficult to recover from effects of abuse latter in life due to the memory and experience subconsciously lodged in a persons psyche. As a child you learn how to act emotionally and psychically
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Child Neglect The cause of child neglect is not a big mystery. I think in our society people think that only poor children are neglect but children from wealthy family can be neglected as well. There are several ways that a child is neglected. The economic theory of neglect is one reason a child is neglected. This means that some children are abuse due to stress due to drug‚ loss of a job or any event that they cannot handle. The second reason for neglect is ecological theories of neglect this is
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Elder Abuse. (Bureau of Justice‚ 2013) There are 4‚139 cases of Elder abuse every minute which amounts to 9.5% percent of the Elderly population. In the State of Ohio‚ there were over 16‚000 reported cases of Elder Abuse in 2010.(Cleveland Seniors Association‚ 2010) That number is expected to be higher because most cases are not reported. According to the National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse‚ 90% of the abusers are family members. According to the National Center on Elder Abuse‚ “Elder
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The Homeless and Elderly Population BSHS 301 February 8‚ 2010 The Homeless & Elderly Population As we seek pleasure‚ we often forget our purpose in life. We feed our egos as we like‚ but there is one thing that humans don’t know is that all of us have access to opportunities like those who think they have everything in life. But unfortunately not all of us are capable of seeing the poverty in our society. Not all homeless people chose to live in the streets or shelters‚ especially
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What is elder abuse? Elder abuse is a single or repeated act or lack of appropriate action‚ occurring within any relationship where there is an expectation of trust‚ which causes harm or distress to an older person. (Wikipedia.org) Elder abuse is occurring more than it is acknowledged. The human life span is growing. People are living longer. People are reaching 85 and older and therefore they require more services. Elder adults go through many changes as they age causing them to rely on people
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