...Literature Review: ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Elderly Care Introduction: Approximately 90% of people who take advantage of the elderly are their own family members. Elder abuse has a negative impact on the victimized elders worldwide. It is defined as intentional actions that cause harm or create a serious risk of harm (whether or not harm is intended) to a vulnerable elder by a caregiver or other person who stands in a trust relationship to the elder. This includes failure by a caregiver to satisfy the elder’s basic needs or to protect the elder from harm (Bonnie, R, & Wallace, R Eds., 2003). Although there is a lack of statistical information of elder abuse, there are sources that provide proof that elder abuse is a bigger issue than people perceive it to be. It can occur in many forms such as physical, emotional, financial and sexual abuse. In this paper, the question being investigated is “How knowledgeable are Barbadians on the effects of elder abuse?” The following literature reviews attempts to answer this question. Review of Findings: Each literature piece that has been reviewed pointed out that elder abuse is a major issue and is a topic that is given little recognition or response. According to Penny Bain and Charmaine Spencer, 2014, about 80% of abuse or neglect of older adults is hidden or goes undetected in Canada. Only about one in five cases of abuse come to the attention...
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...The elderly population is a growing concern in the healthcare field. According to the US Census Bureau (2011), the elderly encompassed 13% of the population in the United States. The elderly population also grew at a faster rate than any other age group in the United States (US Census Bureau, 2011). The same can be said for Arizona, where are elderly make up 13% of the state population, matching the national average (R&R Partners, 2005). Of this number 39.7% have been classified with a disability. This number is expected to continue to grow as the older population continues choosing warmer climates for retirement. In Pima County our elderly population entails 14.2% of the population, which is greater than the national average. By 2015 Pima county’s elderly population is expected to reach a concerning 185,087 (R&R Partners, 2005). A vulnerable person is characterized by being open and potentially exposed to harm, and a person’s vulnerability status can change due to health, finances or social position Dyer, Franzini, Watson …Pickens, 2008). This is concerning to the health community because of the vulnerabilities the elderly face. A large number of this population will experience changes in hearing, sight speech and mobility which may lead to isolation from the community and depression. Many could experience memory loss or develop dementia causing difficulty in caring for themselves requiring them to seek assisted living facilities or in home care providers. They have a variety...
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...Design for Elderly Friendly Nurul Hidayah Ahmad Alemi SYS 705 Advanced Interaction Design Universiti Teknologi MARA nurul0903@yahoo.com Abstract—A number of senior citizen population or elderly people increased every year. There are many difficulties and weaknesses involve as we get older such as cognitive disabilities, memory decline, poor vision, thus the assistive technology nowadays should follows some design specification that suitable for an elderly to satisfy and simplify their everyday life needs. Hence, this paper attempts to discuss about the issues, concept, applications and design for elderly friendly in details. Keywords—Elderly: Assistive Technology: Design for Elderly. II. ISSUES In the past few years, people assume elderly pathetic, poor and unfortunate also useless. They have been national development and nation. On the other hand, designer should follow some design guidelines on how to design the assistive technology or application that suitable for the elderly depending on their type of impairment or disabilities. considered not so important in the community. Nowadays, community realize that the elderly should involve or participate in the social and community activities as they had a lot of knowledge, experience and I. INTRODUCTION Elderly is defined as aged 60 years and above. The number of older people is rapidly increasing in Malaysia and also in developing countries [1],[2]. The rapid wisdom that can be shared to give some ideas in the requirement...
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...Falls in the Elderly Dana Painter 000339195 WGU Falls in the Elderly A. 1. Kings Mountain, North Carolina is located in Cleveland County, the Piedmont region of North Carolina, close to the Blue Ridge Mountains. Kings Mountain is about 30 miles from Charlotte, NC. Cleveland County contains a total area of 469 square miles with 465 square miles of that being land and 4 square miles water. Cleveland County has eleven townships. The 2013 census reflects a population of 98,078 people, 37,046 households, and 27,006 families. The population for Kings Mountain is 10,296 people with 3,821 households, and 2,674 families. ("USCB," 2013) The ethnic structure of the city is 74.85% White, 21.55% African American, 0.15% Native American, 1.81% Asian, and 0.65% from other races, and 2.42% were Hispanic or Latino of the population. ("USCB," 2013) Of the 3,821 households for Kings Mountain, almost 50% were married couples, a little over 172% had a female as the head of household, and 30% were non-families. 12.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average family size was a little under 3. The median income for a household in the city was $31,000-$32,000 with a family income of $39,000 - $40,000. About 19% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21% of those age 65 or over. ("CC Chamber,") Our county has a Job Ready Partnership that offers tax credits for new corporations. With the availability of a skilled labor force and support services...
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...When I started my career as a police officer the following words meant crime to me; murder, sexual assault, robbery, burglary, aggravated assault, simple assault, theft, and even shoplifting. While attending the police academy I learned that elder abuse is a crime. I would define the word neglect, with just one word, abuse. The word neglect has many definitions; to pay no attention or too little attention to, to be remiss in the care or treatment of, to omit through indifference or carelessness, to fail to carry out or perform, to fail to take or use. The neglect of the elderly is an inexcusable and often unpunished form of abuse. What makes an elder adult so vulnerable? Tennessee law defines vulnerable adults as; “a person eighteen (18) years of age or older who because of mental or physical dysfunctioning or advanced age (60 or over) is unable to manage such person’s own resources, carry out the activities of daily living, or protect such person from neglect, hazardous or abusive situations without assistance from others and who has no available, willing, and responsibly able person for assistance and who may be in need of protective services. (TCA 71-6-102) I would define a vulnerable adult as a person who can and will be taking advantage of in daily life. Why will they be taking advantaged of? To start you could say they are kind of like a baby. Babies always need care to include the following: diaper changes, baths, meals, and finical support. Babies are so cute...
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...Caring for Elderly Parents How to care for elderly parents is a major concern of many Foreign Service families. Our concerns mirror those of other American families, but how to ensure good health care, find the right living situation, and handle legal questions is often complicated for Foreign Service families by being posted abroad. The distance involved makes it harder to get information and help so contingency planning is essential. Often Foreign Service families only have short visits during R & R or on home leave and hate to spend the precious time with their parents talking about serious business or unpleasant possibilities. Or we may be caught up in hectic preparations for an overseas assignment and not want to take the time to do contingency planning with parents. While it is difficult to discuss the issues of aging, the family who has discussed the options and agreed on plans will be better able to handle whatever happens. It will be worth the time taken, if there is an emergency. The ideal situation is when the parents take control of their own situations and make decisions in advance of an emergency. They should investigate the types of retirement options and decide which is most appropriate, make informed decisions about life-sustaining medical care, and make sure that documents, instructions, and powers of attorney are available to those who must take responsibility in an emergency. The American Association of Retired Persons recommends that elderly people use...
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...Global Elderly Care Differentiations Different places in the world treat our elderly in a variety of ways. There has never been one way to care for everyone. We’ve been learning about how different countries and cultures care for their elders. In some places, families all live together under one roof until death. In other places, elders are sent to nursing homes or assisted living facilities. Still, some places have a very unique way of doing things for their elderly populations. According to Huffington Post, many Asian countries have a great level of respect for their aging elders. In China, it is a law to honor one’s mother and father. There is a penalty for breaking the law and can result in expensive fines. In Vietnam, elders live with their families and are considered a source of wisdom and honor, as well as being considered the head of the household. They help with child rearing as well as household chores. In Korea, a person’s 60th birthday is celebrated with a large party. Since sixty is considered the end of the Asian Zodiac, it is a large event for them. This shows a high level of respect and courtesy for those who are lucky enough to reach that highly regarded age. In the United States, people tend to be more involved in the life of youth rather than old age. It is commonplace to emphasize individualism rather than community. The elderly community is considered to live lonely lives separated from their kids and friends, according to Jared Diamond, an anthropologist...
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...inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; border: 0px;"> Reflective Writing“Being a caregiver of senior people is a challenge” this is my contemplation after I went to the field visit. I observed a numerous of learning situations in the area of aged care facilities. I explored myself with the permition of my facilitator to look around and have a little time conv ersation to elderly people. As the exploration and observation going trough I found out that communicating with the elderly people is a difficult process and a challenge to the caregiver that may impact to implement the system of care. Communication is one of the barrier that results in difficulty and stress between caregivers and elderly patient. This may vary in different ways such as cultures, languages and lose of some forms of functionality (Edwards & Chapman 2004 and Smith et al., 2010). Base on my knowledge of learning and experienced of visiting nursing home; I will finish by reflecting the significance of this assignments and the suggestion of giving care for elderly people and coping stress of a caregiver. While I’m sitting down beside of 76 years old woman for having a converse, I had a feeling of amusing in her story and a bit of emotional as well when I realised her thorny situation. Recently, the nurse comes for the medication of this old woman that I am talking with. In this situation I learned the communication skills of how to convince the demented patient...
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...Assessment on a geriatric patient is usually different from standard medical evaluation of other patients. For the elderly patients, especially those that are really old. General assessment like the physical and history-taking might not be done at the same time because patient becomes tired easily. The elderly usually have multiple health issues which requires the use of many drugs which is also called polypharmacy. The elderly are best evaluated using a comprehensive geriatric assessment, which includes evaluation of function and quality of life usually by an interdisciplinary team. While assessing a geriatric patient, the nurse should consider that at this point in their lives a lot is going on, there is degenerative changes, multiple disorders, caregiver problems, missed or delayed diagnosis. On average, elderly patients have 6 diagnosable disorders, which their primary care giver might be unaware of A disorder in one organ system can weaken another system, exacerbating the deterioration of both and leading to disability, dependence, and, without intervention, death . The nurse should also pay particular attention to certain common geriatric symptoms (eg, delirium, dizziness, syncope, falling, mobility problems, weight or appetite loss, urinary incontinence) because they may result from disorders of multiple organ systems. Occasionally, problems of elderly patients are related to neglect or abuse by their caregiver (see Elder Abuse).The nurse also should consider the possibility...
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...Elderly Population and the Advocate’s Role In human services, an advocate is someone who supports their client in their decisions regarding life and gives the client a voice to make a change. Very often when dealing with the elderly population, the problem of neglect and elder abuse arises. These wrongdoings are frequently the actions of the people closest to the victim including family members (Adult Children and Spouses) and caregivers. Human Service Advocates Human service professionals work with and are advocates for the elderly population for various reasons because the population is enlarging rapidly. Advocates are supposed to work hand in hand with their clients and spread awareness regarding elder abuse and neglect. The problem arises when advocates do not protect or advise their clients from abuse, neglect, and discrimination. If neglect is suspected, the human service professional (advocate) is obligated to report any signs but that sometimes does not happen because the professional themselves are the culprits. For instance, a human service professional may work in an adult daycare facility where elderly adults go during the day while their main caregivers are working. While there the elderly client may endure physical and verbal abuse from the professionals that work at the facility. This is way too common and if the people who are supposed to be advocates for their elderly clients are actually the people who are abusing them, then the clients are not...
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...states that about seventy percent of nursing homes are a dumping place for elderly who are “mentally unstable”. McKie states that it is difficult to know exactly what is going on in nursing homes because the staff are aware when a safety check is going to happen and can fix whatever is wrong before this time comes. The CBC crew is still attempting to get more information from nursing homes in Canada but at this time the information is being hidden from the public. This source will be extremely helpful in order to prove my hypothesis because my hypothesis states that the Canadian Government is not doing enough in senior homes. This article talks about the abuse in senior homes and this is one of the points that will be used in order to prove my hypothesis. It also specifically talks about Canadian senior homes and this is exactly what the focus of the hypothesis is. CBC News. (2000). Elderly abused in Quebec nursing homes. Retrieved May 1, 2009 from http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2000/03/08/elderly000308.html. This article reported by the CBC news looks at nursing homes specifically in Quebec from the year 1995 to 1999. The studies show that there is a “pattern of abuse” in Quebec nursing homes specifically from these years. Some problems that were talked about were the lack of nurses to care for the elderly, which meant some were left unclean, untreated and hungry. Another problem was that the elderly were being treated and moved around like objects causing bruises and injuries...
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...Physiotherapy: working hands on for elderly in residential care A perception of good health inevitably lies in the eyes of the beholder (Strain, LA 1993). While some strive to maintain their bodies in peak physical condition, health management for the elderly in residential care is treated otherwise. Years of labour and strain is evident in their physical appearance, however it is beneath all this which is key to the vitality of their lives. Physiotherapists, also referred to as physical therapists, are one profession working with the elderly to maintain a state of wellbeing for everyday activity and participation. Through prevention, strengthening and mobility, these fundamental areas in elderly conditioning have more than superficial benefits. Nurses, as well as doctors, occupational therapists and specialists, are also crucial to this client group, ensuring the best possible health is maintained. Physiotherapists are aptly equipped with the skills and knowledge to assess individual patients and prevent avoidable mishaps from occurring. Elderly people over the age of 65 are more likely to experience incidents such as falls due to arthritis, prescribed medications and general impairment (Tinetti, ME 2003). Exercise prescription programs can specifically target areas to achieve maximum range of movement and reduce these risk factors. Researchers at Yale School of Medicine found that falls among the elderly were reduced by 11 percent when clinicians incorporated management...
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... Introduction to Sociology Hassan A. Amin October 3, 2012 Different cultures treat their elderly different, the Tiwi people who live on an Island off the northern coast of Australia. Their custom is when an old woman became too feeble to look after herself, to “cover her up.” This could only be done by her sons and brothers and all of them had to agree beforehand, since once it was done, they did not want any dissension among the brothers or clansmen, as that might lead to a feud. My mother was now completely, blind, she was constantly falling over logs or into fires, and they, her senior clansmen, were in agreement that she would be better out of the way. The method was to dig a hole in the ground in some lonely place, put the old woman in the hole and fill it with earth until only her head was showing. Unlike the Abkhasians , an agricultural people who live in a mountainous region of Georgia, a republic of the former Sovier Union as well as other cultures pay their elderly high respect and look to them for guidance. Industrialized countries have the highest percentage of elderly, with industrialization comes a higher standard of living, including more food, a purer water supply, and more effective ways of fighting the diseases that kill children. As a result, when a country industrializes, more of its people reach...
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...The Elderly in America Unable to cook, clean and care for themselves, the greatest generation is often seen as a helpless burden on their families and the community. Many cultures honor and respect the elderly for their knowledge and experience. Unfortunately, a lot of Americans seem to not respect or understand older citizens. Some stereotypes include the crazy old woman who lives with dozens of cats or the frail, senile man who spends his days in a rocking chair on the front porch. It is the responsibility of the police to serve their community, and the elderly are its forgotten members. Police can better serve the elderly community by knowing their; culture and customs, perception of law enforcement, special needs and organizations that supports them. Senior citizens currently represent the most rapidly growing part of the population in the United States. Currently, one in every eight Americans is age 65 or older, a total of more than 35 million. By year 2030, as “baby boomers” age and life expectancy increases, this number will increase to an estimated 64 million. Having a basic knowledge of this growing population’s customs and culture will produce the most effective type of officer. From my interviews I have gathered that the elder community is family orientated, believes in manners, personnel and finical responsibility and community involvement. Mrs. Kline said that “we are more patriotic, attend church regularly and vote more than younger people.” She went...
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...in my perspective is the elderly in prison. As the years pass by higher sentences are being imposed, criminals are now serving more years for crimes. By criminals facing more years they are obligated to age old in prison. Many of whom are the lifers; the individuals who are sentenced to life to learn from a mistake they made. But until what age is the appropriate age to determine one has learned from their mistake and corrected themselves in prison, perhaps never. Prison Population Elderly play a big roll pertaining with prison population. Taking up space where other criminals who still impose a threat to society. While in the other hand the majority of these elderly criminals no longer impose a threat but rather more are getting older and sicker in prison. Elderly are being kept until they die behind bars. According to Aday (2003) this expanding warehousing of maturing detainees for low-level wrongdoings and more sentences is a loathsome outgrowth of the "tough on crime" and "war on drugs" policies of the 1980s and 1990s. Given the country's present over incarceration pandemic and diligent financial emergency, administrators ought to consider executing parole changes to discharge those elderly detainees who no more...
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