Her carer often comes round and is nasty to her, pushes her and calls her names. Mary hasn’t told anyone because she thinks it is her fault, she is being annoying and this is why her carer is horrible to her. Also people who are dependent on others for personal care. Sometimes people living alone and depending on a carer can make a person very isolated and they may find that their main contact with the outside world is through their carer. Their carer may be the person they see the most in the day.
Immigrants are subjected to, Androff et al (2011) stated, “economic insecurity, barriers to education, poor health outcomes, the arrest and deportation of family members, discrimination, and trauma and harm to their communities” (p.77). Language barriers, culture and education are also barriers to services. Immigrants are unsure of places they can go for refuge. As a nurse, I have taken care of many undocumented Latino immigrants. Most of the time, they do not come to the health center until their illness is extremely painful and/or life threatening.
There are also groups within a society who are vulnerable based on their low socioeconomic status, prominent among which are teenage mothers. Most teenage mothers are products of unplanned pregnancies, which force them out of school or other formal training institutions, imposing on them lives of adulthood for which they are not prepared. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 2012) reported that Teen Pregnancy Prevention programs seem to be working such that, at a rate of 31.3 live births per 1000 women between ages 15-19 in United States, in 2011, it accounts for an 8% drop compared to 2010. However, teen pregnancy issue is still crucial that it remains one of CDC’s top six priorities. Lavin & Cox (2012) opined that the teen pregnancy is still a subject of public concern in United States despite the fact that the rate is declining every year.
Working with Vulnerable Populations Working with Vulnerable Populations Vulnerable populations defined According to Aday (2001), vulnerable populations are those at risk for poor physical, psychological, or social health. Aday (2001) further describes vulnerable populations as those with a greater than average risk of developing health problems. Vulnerable populations include low-income individuals, uninsured persons, immigrants, racial and ethnic minorities, and the elderly. Life circumstances can propel anyone into a state of vulnerability. In today’s economy more and more people are categorized as vulnerable.
Vulnerable Populations 1 HCA430: Special Populations Chronically Ill and Disabled Chiqita Solomon Instructor: Sandra Rebeor September 3, 2012 Vulnerable Populations 2 Reducing and eradicating inequalities in the United States is a ongoing goal for the discrepancies within healthcare. Substantial discrepancies, with risk factors, healthcare access, illness, and some cases death, remain latent in these at risk populations. “Vulnerable populations are groups that are not well integrated into the health care system because of ethnic, cultural, economic, geographic, or health characteristics. This isolation puts members of these groups at risk for not obtaining necessary medical care, and thus constitutes a potential threat to their health (urban.org)”. The chronically ill and disabled is a vulnerable population that I personally work with in my healthcare career.
Length of Confinement “Genie” spent all thirteen years of her life being physically, verbally, and mentally abused. Although she was taken care of and made progress during the time of the intervention, after four years of progress and studies, the hospital treating her lost funding and she was returned to her birth mother who felt it was too hard to take care of her. “Genie” was placed into foster and bounced around for years, where she was abused further and ultimately ended up in an adult foster care program in California. Agents of Socialization The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) funded the research and care for “Genie” at UCLA. A team of psychologists and teachers helped care for her and worked on emerging her into society.
Mothers get upset with this because they know that a child needs a father in their life. Wives get lonely. Not only must the father be there for the child but the father must be there for the wife. Wives get sad when they do not get to see their husbands. Most workaholics are in marriages that have been going on for many years, and this lack of attention has been hurting their wife for majority of the relationship.
In “Shiloh” by Bobbie Ann Mason, we are introduced to 34-year-old Norma Jean and Leroy Moffit, A married couple since the age of 18. The story portrays a dysfunctional marriage, caused by the death of their newborn infant Randy. Now 16 years later, Norma is finally going through changes that enable her to find herself. Which inevitably causes the end of her marriage. We observe these changes in her, as she tries to improve herself, her unhappiness with Leroy’s constant presence, and her inability to communicate with Leroy.
43% children show aggression in their behavior towards their parents. The affects of divorce are more evident among girls. They seem to suffer from poor self-esteem. After the disappearance of the father, they are unable to experience day-to-day caring and loving by the opposite sex as a result they lack the ability to successfully deal with the opposite sex or establish a healthy relation with them. They feel abandoned and dejected.
* Caring for Elderly Parents | Last July, Julie Baldocchi's mother had a massive stroke and was paralyzed. Baldocchi suddenly had to become a family caregiver, something that she wasn't prepared for. "I was flying by the seat of my pants," says Baldocchi, an employment specialist in San Francisco. Both of her parents are 83, and she knew her father couldn't handle her mother's care. The hospital recommended putting her mother in a nursing home.