Essays on Elder Abuse
Elder financial exploitation is unfortunately an ongoing and common issue in the financial industry world today [1]. Elder financial exploitation is the act of an individual, or group of individuals, taking advantage of an elderly person and defrauding them of their assets. This is done by utilizing various known fraud trends including, but not limited...
The Need for Change Despite the widespread global recognition that elder abuse around the world is a serious problem, knowledge about elder abuse is about two decades behind the knowledge of child abuse and domestic violence (Yon, Gassoumis, & Wilber2017). The costs of elder abuse are high for individuals and society alike. It also creates...
Introduction Australia has a high life expectancy, at 84 years for women and 80 years for men resulting in a significant proportion of elderly persons in Australian society (‘Older Australia at a glance, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’, 2018). The report found that in 2017, 1 in...
1. Discuss your understanding of FV, taking into consideration underpinning values & philosophies based on current theory and knowledge. DFV is ultimately about power and control. The perpetrators are predominantly male and this is largely based on their idea of masculinity. Expectations are that men should be strong and more powerful than women. Appearing weak...
Vulnerability can be defined as the quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being either attacked or harm both physically and emotionally. Vulnerability is something that many individuals try to avoid due to the fear of getting judge or hurt. One population that is vulnerable is the elderly as known as older...
Abstract This case review will describe the elder abuse case of Luis Gomez. Gomez was a former certified nursing assistant that was sentenced to at least 23 years in prison after being found guilty of raping elderly women at North Carolina nursing homes on October 19, 2017. This document discusses the following: the case details,...
