Elderly Abuse Abuse is a serious crime that happens every day, but little do many realize that there is such a thing called elderly abuse among us. We tend to think that the staff and the elderly patients in the facilities, as we call them residents, wouldn’t create any harmful attacks on a resident that one may love the most. There are multiple types of abuse such as physical, sexual, neglect, financial, and emotional. Any type of these abuses can cause a resident to become depressed and make them spiral down. We need to stop the attack of elderly abuse.
PHYSICAL ABUSE AND SEXUAL ABUSE (skin tears) Physical abuse can come from anybody or anything that can be used as a weapon towards any elderly resident. Leaving them with cuts, discoloration …show more content…
Rubio was fighting against multiple incidents of sexual assault occurring between October 1994 and April 1995. The summary judgment evidence identifies one incident that took place on April 25, 1995. A nurse entered Rubio 's room and discovered a male resident straddling Rubio on the bed. Both Rubio 's daughter and her physician were informed of the incident shortly after it occurred. Rubio remained a resident at the Goliad Manor for another three and one-half …show more content…
This abuse is called neglect. Neglecting a resident may come in many ways, such as force feeding, leaving a resident in his feces, or not allowing them to get up and socializing. Many may not know this, but if a patient is being forced to eat it’s because the resident either is too tired to eat or does not want to eat. If the patient refuses to eat and the staff gets mad that the resident doesn’t want to eat and will make them eat. This can lead to physical abuse. People don’t know that if you leave a patient in their own feces this can cause the resident to get sores and get badly infected. This can leave rashes on a resident or can cause multiple infections that are hard to get rid of. According to article of Mather
PHYSICAL ABUSE AND SEXUAL ABUSE (skin tears) Physical abuse can come from anybody or anything that can be used as a weapon towards any elderly resident. Leaving them with cuts, discoloration …show more content…
Rubio was fighting against multiple incidents of sexual assault occurring between October 1994 and April 1995. The summary judgment evidence identifies one incident that took place on April 25, 1995. A nurse entered Rubio 's room and discovered a male resident straddling Rubio on the bed. Both Rubio 's daughter and her physician were informed of the incident shortly after it occurred. Rubio remained a resident at the Goliad Manor for another three and one-half …show more content…
This abuse is called neglect. Neglecting a resident may come in many ways, such as force feeding, leaving a resident in his feces, or not allowing them to get up and socializing. Many may not know this, but if a patient is being forced to eat it’s because the resident either is too tired to eat or does not want to eat. If the patient refuses to eat and the staff gets mad that the resident doesn’t want to eat and will make them eat. This can lead to physical abuse. People don’t know that if you leave a patient in their own feces this can cause the resident to get sores and get badly infected. This can leave rashes on a resident or can cause multiple infections that are hard to get rid of. According to article of Mather