Their carer may be the person they see the most in the day. This extreme isolation and dependency can increase the vulnerability of an individual who is confused or frail. Living alone could increase the likelihood of a person being subject to financial abuse, for example their mail being opened by their carer and their benefits being taken from them. An elderly
Chapter 5 of the James and Gilliland text describes a crisis intervention team (CIT) approach to dealing with crises of the mentally ill, many of whom are homeless or have entered unstable living situations since the Community Mental Health Act of 1963. The act brought changes that released many mentally ill people back into the community. Analyze the tools and resources that a CIT approach could offer in your own community if you were developing these resources. Analyze the benefits and potential obstacles of this approach if you were the ambassador to advocate locally for the concept. Determining the amount of homeless individuals in any given area can be a difficult task and statistics very dependent on the source.
Homeless are Vulnerable Population Robin C. Cameron NUR/440 August 2, 2010 Pauline Rodger Homeless are Vulnerable Population It is estimated that 13.5 million people in the United States have been homeless at point to another. Homeless population is susceptible for poor health and overcrowded shelters, which makes this population at higher risk to communicable diseases. The homeless with pre-existing medical condition not medical treated will have a higher risk of complication. Therefore, this creates a fault line in our health care system for us to help the homeless population (O'Connell, Oppenheimer, Judge, Taube, Blanchfield, Swain, & Koh, 2010). To help the homeless population we will review what constitutes a vulnerable population along with looking at what barriers this population may have to prevent them from seeking help.
Nijah Dix English 1301 September 5, 2013 Should There Be More Assistance for Homeless People? The word homeless is used to describe many different kinds of people with a variety of problems; the “homeless” includes veterans, the mentally ill, the physically disabled or chronically ill, the elderly on fixed incomes, men, women, and families that have lost their source of income, single parents, runaway children who’ve been abused, alcoholics and drug addicts, immigrants, and traditional tramps, hobos, and transients. Although these people all have different backgrounds, histories, and reasons for not having a home, they are categorized and stereotyped by society and all looked down upon for being homeless. Some people in society feel that the homeless should get up and make a change in their own lives and that there is no excuse for them not having a job or a place to live. Others in the world sympathize with the homeless and feel that more should be done to help those who fall on hard times get back on their feet and reclaim a place in the world where they can provide for themselves.
Running head: UNION MISSION, INC. Union Mission, Inc. Brenda Eason Columbia College UNION MISSION, INC. Abstract Homelessness seems to happen to people for a variety of reasons. They include unemployment, eviction, family problems, the lack of affordable housing, mental and health illnesses, post traumatic stress. As we see, many factors play a role in homelessness. Because of various failures in life, many have given up on life. Homeless shelters offer services aimed at helping people to break out of the homeless life.
If you have lupus it is normal to feel sad and down sometimes. After all lupus may force you to make big adjustments in your life. Lupus can sometimes put a strain on your personal relationships, and make it hard to do some of things that you may enjoy. One who has those feelings of sadness or depression that last more than a few weeks should be evaluated and treated. People with a chronic illness such as lupus are at higher risk for
Community Project Homeless Services Resource Manual Cynthia Patterson Homelessness in America is a pervasive problem that is experienced at all levels of society. It is estimated that “at least 2.3 million adults and children, or nearly 1 percent of the U.S. population, are likely to experience a spell of homelessness at least once during a year,” (Brown & Shukla, 2000, para. 1) The National Alliance to End Homelessness (2007b) lists “poverty, lack of affordable housing, poor access to support networks, and personal characteristics” as the most common predictors of homelessness. Our country’s current economic and housing crisis is increasing the threat of homelessness for thousands of individuals and families, especially
Sometimes people with jobs are one tragedy away from being homeless. Homelessness is very stressful, causing many problems such as depression, low self-esteem, and drug and alcohol abuse. Everyone is different and responds to homelessness in different ways. Children who have to deal with extreme poverty and homelessness might have trouble learning, emotional and physical problems, and bad behavior to name a few. Children find this confusing and upsetting.
HOMELESSNESS IN AMERICA "Hobo," "tramp," "vagrant," and "transient" are names for people who find themselves having to cope with the very serious problem of being homeless. What we have found in this country, and maybe we're more aware of it now, is one problem that we've had, even in the best of times, is the people who are sleeping on the grates, the homeless. Homelessness is a problem affecting many areas of the U.S. and abroad. I am sure that many of you have seen a homeless person on the street before. They sat their begging you for your spare change, or some food to keep them from starving that night.
The causes of homelessness in America can be classified in to two broad categories, which are: (1) individual shortcomings and (2) societal issues. Individual shortcomings include mental illnesses, family breakdown, addiction to drugs and/or alcohol, lack of education, and amoral behavior. On the other hand, societal issues relate to interrelated social, political and economic factors which include joblessness, distribution of income and wealth and the profit structure of the housing market. People in America are vulnerable to getting homeless irrespective of their educational and ethnic backgrounds. Many studies have found that the homeless population has reached to the figure of 4 million in America that has altered the image of the homeless people as being beggars, hobos and winos.