is heavily evident in most organizations‚ especially in areas concerning homeless people. While America prides itself as the most giving nation in the world‚ the idea behind different charities often juxtaposes this ideology. This idea of paternalism has been the practice for most food organizations in order to help the greater community. The notion that an organization should have the authority to disregard homeless people the right of their liberty for the sake of their protection has perpetuated
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ALGOPHOBIA Introduction Pain is considered as the 5th vital sign. It is an important factor that affects the well being of a person. The Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary defines pain as: a) a localized physical suffering associated with bodily disorder and b) acute mental and emotional distress. Pain is an unwanted sensation by anyone‚ though pain is an important indicator that there is something wrong somewhere in your body. Defining a phobia: A phobia is a strong‚ persistent fear
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Homeless: a social issue One of the major problems that a community suffers from is homelessness‚ which It’s a condition of people who lack regular access to housing. According to the institute for the study of Homelessness and Poverty at Weingart Center‚ an estimated 254‚000 men‚ women and children experience homelessness in Los Angeles County during some part of the year and approximately 82‚000 people are homeless on any given night‚ and is caused by several factors such as mental illness‚ drug
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July 13‚ 2010 Harley Spaulding Jr. Speech 301: Public Speaking Problem Solution Speech Homeless Veteran’s INTRODUCTION: How many people have a Veteran in their family or know one? If yes do you help them or is it someone else’s problem. Well many people think it’s someone else problem‚ but the truth is it’s our problem. They gave there all for each of us! PROBLEM: Veterans being let go from service without appropriate long tern help. Leaves unthinkable large numbers of Veterans helpless
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In “Homeless on Campus” author‚ Kingsborough Community College English Department Instructor‚ Eleanor Bader explains the increasing amount of homeless students and ways the public can help get them into various necessary living situations. There are a number of students that are homeless. Bader mention a few different students’ situations and how they over came being homeless with the help of Legendre grants. The article discusses the need for a median wage to comfortably live. She explains the
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reality of what a homeless person goes through every day. No one knows their story and truthfully‚ not many care enough to ask them for it. Besides the fact that many homeless people lose their ID card‚ their identity is inevitably taken away from them once they are homeless. They become invisible to the public‚ and they are ignored just as much as the garbage on the side of the streets – they are not even considered human anymore. Although not everyone can relate to being homeless‚ I am sure (almost)
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Advocacy for the Homeless Amy Albertus August 17‚ 2011 BSHS 441 Barbra Czinger Advocacy for the Homeless What is advocacy? The classic definition from Webster’s Dictionary is simply “active support; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something “(Webster’s Dictionary‚ 2011). To make this definition more specific to advocacy in the Human Services field just a few details need to be added. A more specific‚ to this field‚ definition of advocacy would be: to help a particular population
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spent the last 10 years living under a Los Angeles bridge. When the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Mental Health America (MHA) of Los Angeles offered assistance‚ Michael refused their help. Although he didn’t want to be homeless‚ like many homeless people Michael was ashamed of his status and appearance which made him “reluctant to offers of support” (Department of Veterans Affairs). MHA Outreach workers never gave up on him and continued to try to help him. Every week‚ the outreach workers
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saw a homeless man ask for a place to stay. My father allowed him to stay for the night since it was snowing outside and the temperature was below freezing. I could not stand knowing that there were people on the street who did not have a place to sleep at night. Upon doing more research‚ I discovered that my town‚ Grand Rapids‚ did not have a homeless shelter. Because the town did not have many homeless people‚ it never felt the need to create a shelter. However‚ the number of homeless people
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