Provide citations for all the sources you use. • What is ageism? Our text book defines ageism as "prejudice and discrimination against the elderly" (Schaefer, 2012). According to Schaefer ageism is considered a sign of a deep uneasiness among young and middle-aged people about growing old. When young people see elderly persons they see them as disease and death.
One common factor shared across many cultures is the negative stigma associated with Alzheimer’s disease and its affects. “Thus, perceptions of dementia – particularly myths and fallacies – negatively affect early access, diagnosis, and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease” (Dilworth-Anderson, Pierre, & Hillard, 2012, p.
Q2. Explain how mental ill health may have an impact on the individual including: a) Psychological and emotional Mental illness can affect the individual in a deep way by affecting the way they feel thinks and feels. They may feel tearful and have feelings of worthlessness. b) Practical and financial Mental health problems may affect finances in many ways: * If the ability to work is affected there may be a sudden or, possibly, dramatic reduction in income. * If they spend time away from home, for example while they are cared for in hospital, it may be difficult to keep up to date with their financial commitments.
This causes a gradual decline in mental ability. The key functions of the brain that are affected by dementia are the temporal lobe, frontal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe, cerebrum lobe and the hippocampus 3. Depression, delirium and age related memory impairment share a lot of the symptoms of dementia. For instance with depression their memory may be affected and they may find it difficult to retain new information, also it is quite common for people to become forgetful as they age. This may be why people mistake them for dementia.
[M1] – Assess the effects on those using the service of three different discriminatory practices in health and social care The people affected by discriminatory practice in health and social care settings goes mildly effected to severely affected. In my opinion, I think that how the person is personally effects them the most, because if person A being discriminated against is very soft hearted and takes offence to the slightest things, will be very affected. Vice versa, if person B is not soft hearted and is very emotionally strong but the discrimination happening is very harsh; the person might also be affected very badly. One example could be that in a care home for senior/retired residents, a homosexual male carer that works for them
Position Paper PSYCH 500 March 11, 2013 Angella Eanes Position Paper Is retirement always a good experience? No, retirement is not always a good experience for everyone. Retirement involves an individual giving up roles that are usually vital to their identity and their self esteem (Berk, 2010). The process of retirement can be a very stressful process and it can contribute to the decline in the physical health and the mental health of an individual (Berk, 2010). With retirement come concerns about finances, concerns about mental health and concerns about physical health (McGarry, 2004).
The mentally ill or homeless. Someone who is mentally handicapped or medically dependent people, such as nursing home patients or people with dabilitating diseases like MS, Parkinson's, or cancer. The elderly are at risk as are children. This is because they have nobody to protect them and are often abused by people in their lives. These are a few things that might predispose one to abuse.
Prohibits lifetime limits on benefits in all group health plans and in the individual market and prohibits the use of restrictive annual limits. Covering Preventive Health Services. All new group health plans and plans in the individual market must provide first dollar coverage for preventive services. Extending Dependent Coverage. Requires any group health plan or plan in the individual market that provides dependent coverage for children to continue to make that coverage available up to age 26.
Negative stereotypes can have harmful consequences for the quality of life of older adults and can also result in a major loss to society. With increases in life expectancy as well as reduced infirmity, many adults are aging well, but negative stereotypes of aging may put society at risk for losing the contributions of these vital and knowledgeable people. The potential individual and social effects underscore the need to understand the content of aging stereotypes in terms of their accuracy and applications. It is especially important to understand how negative stereotypes exacerbate poor performance in areas in which decline is real. That is, beliefs that memory is bad in old age can reduce motivation when increased motivation is needed
However, research has shown that there are serious cases of human rights violations of older people in the UK, such as discrimination, abuse, neglect, and demeaning treatment. For example in 2007, Action on Elder Abuse and the joint Committee on Human Rights recorded extensive evidence of human rights abuses experienced by older users of health and care services, and by vulnerable older people in residential care and in their own homes. These included malnutrition and dehydration; physical abuse and neglect; lack of dignity and privacy in personal care; bullying and patronising attitudes; and eviction from care homes. So, what does equality actually mean? The meaning of the word equality is that all individuals have the same value but it still doesn't mean that they all should be treated in the same way.