Abandonment Of The Elderse : Signs And Causes Of Elder Abuse

Neglect: medical condition deteriorating unexpectedly or not improving as expected, hypothermia or person cold or dressed inadequately, unexplained loss of weight, clothes or body dirty and smelly, delays in seeking medical attention

Neglect by others: Neglect is a passive form of abuse in which a perpetrator is responsible to provide care for a victim who is unable to care for him or herself, but fails to provide adequate care. Neglect may include the failure to provide sufficient supervision, nourishment, medical care, or the failure to fulfill other needs for which the victim cannot provide themselves. Neglect can develop into many long-term

Signs and symptoms of neglect include absence of food, water, and heat… poor personal hygiene including soiled clothing, dirty nails and skin…inappropriately dressed for cold or hot weather, bedsores….constant hunger, withdrawn,

Many cases family members are the ones committing elder abuse, they think taking money from the elders is fine, what do they need it for? However, that’s not the case. The money does not belong to them; therefore they do not have the right to be touching that money, which is considered financial abuse.

Physical/Emotional neglect is the failure to provide a child with basic needs, including adequate food, shelter, clothing, or necessary medical care. Neglect also exist when an adult fails to provide adequate supervision of a child as when a child is left either unsupervised or in the care of someone unable to supervise the child. Furthermore, neglect occurs when a person creates a substantial risk of physical injury to a child by other than accidental means which would be likely to cause death, disfigurement, impairment of physical or emotional health, or loss or impairment of any bodily function

Neglect by others: Inadequate care or denial of an individual’s basic right. Bedsores, poor hygiene, unsanitary living conditions,

Neglect by others – not providing adequate care for person who can’t take care of themselves

Neglect is the persistent failure to meet an individual’s basic physical and/or psychological needs, likely to result in serious impairment of the individual’s health or development, such as failing to provide adequate food, shelter and clothing.

Neglect is the failure to meet a child’s basic physical and or psychological needs, which is likely to affect the child’s health or development. Neglect is when a parent or carer fails to provide adequate food, clothing, shelter (including exclusion from home or abandonment), medical care, or protection from physical and emotional harm or danger. Additionally failure to ensure access to education or to look after a child because the carer is under the influence of alcohol or drugs, is considered as Neglect.

Neglect occurs when a health professional, carer or family member fails to provide the level of support or care that that person needs. This neglect can be deliberate or as a result of ignorance of required standards and practices. Again this neglect can result in the failure to meet the person’s physical, medical, nutritional, educational, emotional or social needs.

Self-neglect/Neglect is when a person/carer does not pay attention to their/service users health and well-being. Service users/Carers can neglect themselves/Service users due to illness or depression or might intentionally neglect themselves/service users. The signs and symptoms include: living in dirty conditions, poor personal hygiene, poor nutrition, not getting medical help, not being interested in the way they look, long toe nails not taking medication.

What are the signs of elder abuse and how many people are suffering from elder abuse in the U.S.? Bruises, broken bones, cuts may be an indication of lack of care, exploitation and physical abuse. Any changes in their daily activities, a sudden change in attentiveness, and unhappiness may be a sign of emotional abuse. Unexplained vaginal or anal bleeding can be a sign of sexual abuse. Significant withdrawals from the elder’s bank account can be a result of financial abuse. Infrequent weight loss, starvation, and dehydration is a sign of neglect by family members, caregiver, friends, and someone who they trusted. Strained relationship, numerous arguments between the caregiver and elderly person are also signs.

The patient’s physical and mental status are not the only factors that contribute to the prevalence of elder self-neglect; external factors must also be considered. Factors such as living alone, a lack of family involvement and

Neglect in Nursing Homes According to the Webster dictionary neglect is defined as “to give little attention or respect to” (Webster). In the United States there is a major problem with neglect in our nursing homes. Everyday neglect occurs in a nursing home. Whether it be physical neglect or emotional neglect, there are several different causes.

The general assessment findings regarding the patient ranked the general assessment as very poor regarding clothing, hygiene, nutrition and/or dehydration, and poor findings regarding skin integrity. The general assessment showed that the patients clothing were not clean; saturated with urine and food stains. In regards to nutrition this ranked very poor as well, considering the patient has lost 10 pounds since her last hospitalization only two weeks ago. This weight loss also could be because of dehydration or nutritional imbalance; further labs will need to be completed to decide if weight loss was regarding nutrition, dehydration or both. Albumin levels will be assessed for nutritional status (Bharadwaj, 2016). Skin integrity ranked a poor on the scale. The diffused red abrasions noted in sacral area could be a stage 1 ulcer. (Advanced Tissue, April 2014). Being unkempt, soiled and dirty is large warning sign of neglect especially for elderly patients (HelpingGuide.org, 2017).