Estate planning‚ disability‚ health care‚ retirement‚ taxes‚ financial planning‚ abuse and discrimination issues may arise in the elder years. It is very important to know your rights and seek counseling and advice when needed. When dealing with legal issues that pertain to the elderly‚ it is wise to seek counseling from a lawyer who is certified in ‘Elder Law’. Elder law is a field of law in the United States that covers all aspects of issues facing the elderly. It is a moderately new form
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Caring for the Elderly A local thirteen year old boy‚ Jesse Van Norman made the news on June 21‚ 2007. His story was on the Channel 10 nightly news. He had organized a group of young people to make and deliver lap blankets to local nursing homes and spend time visiting with the residents as they handed them out. He is an exceptional young man and deserved all of the accolades he was being given. The blankets created by kids were greatly appreciated‚ but the time moves slowly in a convalescent
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Elder Abuse The National Center on Elder Abuse described elder abuse as being usually intentional and involving any form of mistreatment that can result in physical pain‚ injury‚ or psychological suffering. These behaviors include acts of violence such as striking‚ hitting‚ slapping‚ beating‚ bruising‚ or restraining. It also involves force-feeding‚ inappropriate administration of medication and depriving of essential needs such as medical care‚ food and water. Elder abuse also involves emotional
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1. State of the Problem – Elder Abuse in our country is growing in America. All people have the right to live their lives without abuse‚ neglects‚ and being exploitations. It should not matter how old we are everyone has value. The 2004 Survey of State Adult Protective Services‚ found the following: that a 19.7 percent increase from 2000 – 2004 in the combined total of reports of elder and vulnerable adult abuse and there was a 15.6 percent increase from 2000 – 2004 in substantiated cases; and
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Respect Respect‚ especially in the Army is a very important value to live by. It is much more than just talking kindly and listening to someone‚ it is the process of taking into consideration someone’s emotions‚ feelings and needs. You must also focus on their ideas‚ thoughts‚ and preferences. It is showing someone that you value their time; that you care what they have to say. Showing someone respect allows that person to know and acknowledge that you comprehend and believe in what they are
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Case Situation: Sambian Partners is an architecture and engineering firm which believes in promoting an environment where the firm’s designers‚ engineers and client account managers collaborate to deliver top notch designs. The CEO believes Sambian Partners offer a good environment for its people to work and treat people right. The case describes how Sambian is facing a situation where its top talent is quitting. The CEO is surprised by these departures and is working with the firm’s human resource
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A Critique of “We Should Cherish Our Children’s Freedom to Think” Kie Ho‚ in his article‚ tried to prove that American education is better than any other even though it doesn’t have high standards in basic skills. He sustained his thesis by saying that “[American] children are able to experiment freely with ideas”(Ho‚ 1996‚ p.126)‚ while children in many other countries are demanded to practice mathematics or language skills. However‚ I don’t agree with his stance; he defined education in other
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Health & Aging Elder Interview Paper Description Students will interview an older adult on a topic related to health and aging. Students will develop questions based on their own interest‚ conduct an interview of an older adult using the questions‚ and write a summary of the experience. Requirements Develop interview questions. It is recommended that you develop 5-10 open-ended questions on a topic related to health and aging. Choose a topic of interest to you. These questions should be developed
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in a vulnerable state. Elder abuse is built upon exploitation and neglection. The most common type of elder abuse is financial. This is due to the fact that those ages 50 and above are in possession of approximately 70% of the nation’s wealth‚ which leads them to be targets of theft. Financial abuse is exploiting someone in order to gain their monetary possessions. This includes stealing money or property‚ committing fraud and scams‚ and using deception to deceive an elder person to hand over possessions
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