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    Bethesda’s role-playing games give the player the power of choice in a huge open world. Bethesda’s two most successful franchises, Fallout and The Elder Scrolls, are also the two most popular role-playing franchises in the world. Bethesda’s two most successful games, which happen to come from their two most popular franchises, are Fallout 4 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Both games are beautifully made and are incredibly fun to play, but which game is the greatest role-playing game in the…

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    people become physically frail and vulnerable to abuse. The World health organisation (2015) acknowledges that showing no dignity and respect is also a form of abuse and also Failure to protect an assault means it is a failure to maintain person’s dignity and respect. Older people often find that they are being mistreated by other people. And anything that is causing harm or distress to an older person is elder abuse. There are many kinds of abuse like it can be physical, sexual,…

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    is defined as “when the elder person is repeatedly ignored, left alone, or accidentally snapped at by an overstressed nursing home staff” (Nursing Home Abuse Guide). In a survey conducted with nursing home residents, 95% of residents reported either seeing another resident being neglected or facing this neglect themselves. Contrary to frequent belief, the nursing home staff is not responsible for all of the neglect experienced by the residents. Nearly 22% of elder abuse is resident-to-resident…

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    Imagine the idea of signing a legal document that allows a thief to rob you. This sounds preposterous; however, this is reality for elderly who are affected by financial abuse. “In 2010 alone, reported instances of scams and fraud against older adults resulted in losses of about $2.9 billion” (Siddiqi). The amount of theft has only risen over the last six years, and is expected to keep growing if no further prevention or education is put into place. More and more people are living to older ages…

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    I Am The Dragonborn “ When the truth dawns, it dawns in fire” says Esbern, Nord, and one of the last remaining blades. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is a game released November 11, 2011 by Bethesda softworks with the intention of continuing their popular “The Elder Scrolls” series. The promotional commercial begins with pictures carved in dark stone with the dragonborn theme song beginning to play softly in the background. The Narrator's voice comes up and begins to tell lor from the game as the…

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    long silence is being shattered and more survivors tell their stories, the full scope of the tragedy of residential school discrimination and abuse is gradually being revealed. In the documentary, Muffins for Granny, Nadia McLaren offers a raw perspective of the practices and repercussions of residential schools through interviews with seven First Nations elders. Their honest face-to-face accounts are paired with stark animated moments and home movie footage to illustrate this difficult chapter…

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    Elder Mistreatment Case Study This case study was concerning the health and safety of Mr. Edward McKay in his home. Mr. McKay is an 82 year old gentleman who after suffering two cerebral vascular accidents has been left with left sided hemiplegia and is unable to speak. He is bedridden with bilateral lower extremity contractures, incontinent, dysphasic and dysphagic. Mr. McKay’s physical condition alone would require total care on a 24 hour basis to assist with feeding, changing and turning…

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    Lgbt Group Reflection

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    Affirmative Practice model is ideal for working with LGBT clients (Van Den Bergh & Crisp, 2004). Also, a combination pf psychotherapy, medication, and self-help (support groups and books) is recommended for LGBT individuals suffering from substance abuse, depression, and/or anxiety (Sweet, n.d.). As a matter of fact, my cultural guide and his LGBT associates meet monthly. They discuss and help each other cope with current events that negatively impact the LGBT…

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    Elsweyr Summary

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    The story takes place in a country known as Elsweyr. The time period of this story take place in medieval times. Things like dungeons and dragons. Elsweyr is located in the southern part of a continent known as Tamriel. The people of this country are known as the Khajiiti. The Khajiiti are a feline humanoid race. They have many traits of a regular feline such as great agility, stealth, strength, and night vision. This makes them very good warriors and very good thief 's. The Khajiiti are not…

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    This simulation inspired me that, the balance of power can not simply explain the cause of World War I. By using Waltz’s three levels of analysis, the individual acts and beliefs, the collision of interest between states, as well as the anarchic nature of the international system could explain the outbreak of WWI. On the individual level, important figures significantly affected the possibility of war and the process of history. For example, Garivalo Princie was a Serbian nationalist who…

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