Cheri W. Bluford Nur/440 June 3‚ 2013 Vulnerable population is not limited to a specific disease‚ race‚ income‚ or gender. There are different situations that can cause an individual to be classified into this category. A Vulnerable population can also include the neighborhood where an individual resides because healthcare resources may be limited. The focus of this will include the understanding of how the different biases affect the delivery of healthcare
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and comprehensive to provide maximum help and support for the needed people. Social care is defined as a profession where people work in partnership with those who experience marginalisation or disadvantage or who needs special care and support‚ vulnerable people leaving in the community and in the residential care ( Miller‚ Vandome and McBrewster‚ 2009). The policies and the legislations for support the caring and supporting the elder people are very important and it should be cared by each health
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Abused Children as a Vulnerable Population Nicole Correia NUR/440 May 26‚ 2013 Leslie Rowan Abused Children as a Vulnerable Population As a vulnerable population‚ abused children are at higher risk for suicide depression‚ aggression‚ delinquency‚ learning disorders‚ and dissociative disorders when compared to non-abused children (Weitzman‚ 2005). If not acknowledged and treated‚ abused children can have more serious mental problems as they age. For example‚ being an abusive relationship
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Introduction A Vulnerable population is a group of individuals that lack the ability to protect themselves or their interests fully or independently. This can also be interpreted as lacking the ability to give informed legal consent. Lack of this could lead to economic exploitation‚ risk of incarceration‚ or being taken unfair advantage of. The USA Code of Federal Regulations stipulates that Vulnerable populations includes children‚ pregnant women‚ prisoners‚ educationally or economically disadvantaged
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Vulnerable Population: Homeless Priscilla Cabreza HCS/531 January 23‚ 2012 Debbie Vaughn Vulnerable Population: Homeless Introduction Many factors can affect the delivery of health care. It is believed that environmental‚ political‚ economic‚ medical‚ demographic location‚ social‚ cultural‚ and spiritual factors can affect certain population groups and can make these groups more vulnerable than the general population. The question of who is vulnerable and what makes an individual vulnerable
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vulnerability by definition is “exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed‚ either physically or emotionally. The term vulnerable population takes it a step further and is defined as “a population at risk”. There are many different versions of the definition of vulnerable population but the underlying message is always a population of heightened risk that needs service. Vulnerable populations exist across‚ the globe‚ across the nation‚ across the city and maybe even across the street from any given
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Vulnerable Populations Heather A. Lattea University of Phoenix BSHS/302 Instructor Foster April 10‚ 2011 Vulnerable Populations Vulnerability suggests that‚ when associated with the general population‚ some people are more sensitive to certain risk factors that can negatively impact his or her well-being. Vulnerable
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and protection in relation to | | |concept of safeguarding and the |vulnerable adults it is important to highlight that there is an overlap between the 2 concepts‚ the | | |concept of protection in relation to |differences are not as clear cut and established as perhaps first anticipated. The process of | | |vulnerable adults. |safeguarding of adults has stemmed from the overall fields of adult protection
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Vulnerable Populations The chronically mentally ill are people that suffer from one of many diseases that affect the brain. The brain is the most complex of human organs. The cause of being mentally ill is unknown‚ but there are most likely many different reasons. There is no cure for being mentally ill but there are many effective treatments that one can get. In history‚ there have been several movements to try and deinstitutionalize many mental health facilities. The goal for many mental
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Society and the Vulnerable What does it mean to be “vulnerable” and who are they? Being vulnerable is anyone who is helpless‚ defenseless‚ weak‚ or susceptible. Which for the most part is anyone. But specifically I believe the vulnerable are anyone who are homeless or living in poverty. Over the years many charities‚ organizations‚ and homes have been established for people living under these circumstances. The organizations and charities have helped these people drastically when it
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