Social science theories provide insight and understanding to various policy case studies. This is exemplified in the case study of young people transitioning from out of home care. There are a number of issues that young people face when transitioning from out of home care. This has resulted in a number of policies formed to both resolve and improve these issues. The use of social theories can be seen through the ways in which the theory of ideology has been used in the out of home care policy.…
violence is defined as aggressive or violent behavior within the home, this includes child abuse, elder abuse and intimate partner abuse. Agencies have broken these up into categories, to be better able to research, understand and treat, within this essay we will concentrate on intimate partner abuse. When we look at intimate partner abuse we need to evaluate the four main categories and study the meaning and social consequences individually, to better understand the patterns associated with…
Elder abuse is the psychological, physical, financial or sexual mistreatment, of a person aged 65 years or more, as a result of an exploitation of trust between the victim of abuse and the perpetrator.1 This includes intentional or unintentional neglect.1 Risk factors for elder abuse include impaired cognitive function, social isolation and major life transitions such as widowhood.1 The act of abuse incorporates both the acts of commission and omission of care for the elderly, whether…
these children, Parent would often have to remove these children from their homes and placed within the foster care system. This novel highlights the cases that had proven to be most memorable to himself and his own development. Child maltreatment was exhibited throughout the entire book of Turning Stones. More specifically, children in this book were victim to: malnourishment, sexual abuse, neglect, or even a parent who can be viewed as engaging in a stage of psychosis. The most horrific case…
his psychoanalysis theory. Freud’s analysis became vital to the future progress of social care formulation because they proved that most actions had a cause. (Intagliata, 1982) They also offered various sublimations that could be used to ensure that the patients minimized the effects of these thoughts.…
encouraged” (Grant). Several of the prostitution houses were lead by madams or sex workers themselves and this allowed for little to no police interference in their business (Grant). Similar to America today, several…
always available and responds immediately to emergency calls from the nurses and the patient family when the needs arise, in order to reduce health care complication. The team normally consists of physicians who are expert in the intensive care unit, nurse practitioners, respiratory therapist, and medical resident. The purpose of the team is to save lives and reduce any risk of harm to a patient before cardiac arrest or respiratory crises arise. The Rapid Response Team steps up when there is a…
The Struggle of welfare There are several ideological variations in the forms of the welfare state like social democratic, liberal, and conservatives and Latin welfare state. However, the ideological inspiration for the liberal welfare states shape public policies much different. The goal is to minimize government interventions and disincentives to work. The program focuses on the need and the central institution for it to market everyone. The liberal welfare state is dominated by business and…
to be able to attend and have to work for their bread. Children are even sent to construction sites where dangerous conditions force them to work around the safety hazards. These long hours, isolation from a social environment, lack of education, health issues, low pay, and exposure to abuse impact the children of Bangladesh to not have a prosperous future. Children are affected in ways that impede their path to success and leave the country in a demographic turmoil and corruption as the gap…
welfare workers must keep a close eye on the identified child. Depending on the number of children are identified as vulnerable to sex trafficking victimization (“Free”, 2015), a grant of 200,000 should be given to DHHS to hire new case managers. This grant would allow the child welfare department of DHHS to hire 50% more case managers who are trained on the risks factors for sex trafficking, and who are given a 10-child case load of strictly at-risk children to be monitored. Having workers that…