Elderly Abuse
Mindmap for Elderly Abuse
- Created by: meganjayne15
- Created on: 24-04-14 20:19
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- Elderly Abuse
- Types of Elder Abuse
- Theft
- fraud, coercion regarding wills and any financial transactions
- Financial Exploitation
- fraud, coercion regarding wills and any financial transactions
- Neglect
- not feeding or washing the individual
- Deprivation of basic needs
- not feeding or washing the individual
- Financial Exploitation
- Threats of Assualt
- Physical
- hitting, slapping, pushing, kicking, misuse of medication
- Sexual
- all unwanted sexual acts
- Cruel Punishment
- Mental
- emotional abuse, threats of harm, threats of leaving or stopping care, lack of human contact
- Deprivation of basic needs
- Theft
- Causes of Elder Abuse
- Caregiver stress
- Family violence
- Pathological abuse
- Substance abuse
- Financial dependency
- Physical dependency
- Decubitus
- Ulcer of the skin also known as pressure sores or bed sores
- caused by prolonged pressure and usually occur when people are confined to a bed
- low blood supply, pressure, friction, shearing forces and moisture cause the tissue to die
- When left untreated there are four stages
- stage one - ulcers progress from simple erosion to underlying deep skin
- stage two - then to the muscle
- stage three - then to the bone
- stage four - sepsis (blood posioning) is likely
- Dehydration
- occurs when the body loses more fluid than it takes in
- antibiotics can often contribute to dehydration.
- Starvation
- most severe form of malnutrition
- malnutrition is caused due to inadequate intake or digestion of nutrients.
- caused by prolonged lack of food
- muscle mass shrinks, bones protude and skin becomes thin, dry, pale and cold.
- no calories = no energy
- most severe form of malnutrition
- Types of Elder Abuse
- Sexual
- all unwanted sexual acts
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