“Physical abuse includes pushing, striking, force feeding, Improper use of physical restraints and infliction of pain or the withholding of pain relief”(liao, 2006, 1) When the term physical abuse comes to mind one assumes that the evidence is always visible but this is not the case (liao, 2006). Physical abuse is typically the most common type of abuse found (liao, 2006). This is due to the fact that it is often noticeable (liao, 2006). An individual can be physically abused and not have a single mark on them (liao, 2006). This does tends to be rare though, because if it started out this way then it would slowly transforms, getting worse and worse as time goes on. Abusers will become more rough and uncaring (liao, 2006). Signs that someone
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Emotion abuse is a colossal factor within physically abuse because if someone is being abused physically it is going to somehow affect them emotionally (liao, 2006). It is hard to achieve one without the other. An individual usually has one with the other (liao, 2006). Often when a person is abused there is more than one type of abuse present (liao, 2006). Physical abuse causes a high amount of pain to an individual (liao, 2006). This every so often causes an individual to shut off their emotions because the pain is too high to be able to handle it (liao, 2006). In long term care facilities there has been a fair amount of abuse but countless go unrecorded. Societies are sadly not aware of elderly abuse within long term care systems because they are rarely broadcasted. If this was a child on the other hand we would be hearing about it all over the news. Society fails to see the similarities between older adults and children. We see the child as vulnerable and innocent but what most do not realise is that older adults can be just as vulnerable as children. Older adults within long term care facilities are usually high up on the list for care because a lot of individuals can be on the waiting list for
Emotion abuse is a colossal factor within physically abuse because if someone is being abused physically it is going to somehow affect them emotionally (liao, 2006). It is hard to achieve one without the other. An individual usually has one with the other (liao, 2006). Often when a person is abused there is more than one type of abuse present (liao, 2006). Physical abuse causes a high amount of pain to an individual (liao, 2006). This every so often causes an individual to shut off their emotions because the pain is too high to be able to handle it (liao, 2006). In long term care facilities there has been a fair amount of abuse but countless go unrecorded. Societies are sadly not aware of elderly abuse within long term care systems because they are rarely broadcasted. If this was a child on the other hand we would be hearing about it all over the news. Society fails to see the similarities between older adults and children. We see the child as vulnerable and innocent but what most do not realise is that older adults can be just as vulnerable as children. Older adults within long term care facilities are usually high up on the list for care because a lot of individuals can be on the waiting list for