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Risk factors associated with stressors on the caregiver include the following: • Feeling overwhelmed or resentful at having to care for the elderly person • Having a history of substance abuse or a history of abusing others • Being dependent on the older person for housing, finances, or other needs • Having a history of […]

Causes of Elder Abuse Two factors that increase the risk of elder abuse are the stress on the caregiver and the vulnerability of an aging person. A person’s dependence on their caregiver, whether that is in their home or in a facility, the lack of knowledge about how to seek help and fear of retaliation

Elder Abuse and Neglect We are currently seeing the largest increase in the aging population in the history of the world, as the baby boomers, those born from 1945 to 1965, become senior citizens. By 2050, the over-65 population in the United States is projected to be 83.7 million, which is double the population of

Laws Protecting Child Abuse Victims Today All 50 states have laws that help protect children. Many of the programs for child protection are partially funded through federal laws. The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA), which was first passed in 1974 and most recently reauthorized in 2016, is federal legislation that helps with prevention,

Statistics on Abuse and Neglect According to the U.S. Administration for Children & Families (2016), approximately 676,000 children were victims of abuse and neglect in 2015, with 3.4 million children coming to the attention of CPS. Those under one year-of-age are the most common victims of maltreatment. The most common form of abuse for all

Causes of Abuse Several factors contribute to child abuse. The most common factors include difficulty meeting the demands of parenthood. Some parents lack the skills to cope when the stress of childcare combines with other stressors. Without coping skills, parents’ tempers may get the best of them, causing them to abuse a child. Other factors

Definition of Child Abuse and Neglect Definitions associated with child abuse stem from the work of Kemp and his seminal work on battered child syndrome. Today, the term most often used is child abuse. Child abuse is defined as the physical, sexual, or psychological maltreatment or neglect of a child, often by a parent or

Abuse and Neglect • Compare child and elderly abuse and neglect, including laws and factors that lead to abuse. Child Abuse and Neglect Until the development of formal child protective services in the 1960s and 1970s, most law enforcement was not included in the process of protecting children’s well-being. Even with the creation of child

Barriers to Services Like other types of crime, IPV victims often do not seek formal help from the police or medical services, but rather they use family and friends as their primary source of support. One issue with using families is that many victims and offenders come from families where domestic violence is happening, which

Strategies for Breaking the Cycle of Violence Domestic and dating violence awareness is part of a broader global campaign to create solutions and interventions to break cycles of domestic violence. In 1977 in the United States, the “Take Back the Night” campaign, as well as the International Women’s Year Conference,shined a light on the issues