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Bookmark or Share- Elder abuse: How to spot warning signs, get help, and report mistreatmentCaregiver neglect, which can be intentional or unintentional, and involves intentionally failing to meet the physical, social, or emotional needs of the older person. Neglect can include failure to provide food, water, clothing, medications, and assistance with activities of daily living or help with personal hygiene.
- What is child abuse and neglect? Understanding warning signs and ...If necessary, a child protection worker will visit the family to see whether abuse or neglect has occurred and to determine what needs to be done. The goals of child protection are to: Stop the abuse. Give needed services to the family. Help the family become safe and loving. No child should have to live in fear of abuse or neglect.
- The lasting impact of neglect - American Psychological Association (APA)The list of problems that stem from neglect reads like the index of the DSM: poor impulse control, social withdrawal, problems with coping and regulating emotions, low self-esteem, pathological behaviors such as tics, tantrums, stealing and self-punishment, poor intellectual functioning and low academic achievement.
- EldEr AbusE NEglEct - American Psychological Association (APA)neglect can also include failure to pay the bills or to manage the older person’s money responsi-bly. Family caregivers may inadvertently neglect their older relatives because of their own lack of knowledge, resources, or maturity, although this is a less frequent form of abuse. Madeline is 70 and suffers from congestive heart failure. She lives
- How psychology can do more to prevent abuse of people with disabilitiesPoverty is a known risk factor for abuse and neglect, and people with disabilities are more likely than those without to live below the poverty line, says Rhoda Olkin, PhD, a professor at the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University. "This is an impoverished group.
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