Historical Maltreatment of Psychiatric Inpatients in Western Culture Marilyn Alm Abnormal Psychology 3110 History of Maltreatment of Psychiatric Inpatients Capella University January, 2014 History of Maltreatment All throughout history, people have not known how to deal with the mentally ill. They have labeled them as outcasts, “less than human”, and left them with nowhere to go. Many of these sufferers are mentally ill and homeless, destitute and in strict survival mode. Their families have neglected them or given up hope. Conditions are less than optimal for the homeless.
Arthritis in young people is a big problem because although approximately 294,000 children under the age of 18 are affected by paediatric arthritis and rheumatologic conditions many people are not aware that arthritis can affect young people. Dr Peter Prouse, consultant rheumatologist at North Hampshire Hospital, says that ‘Doctors often miss cases of arthritis in children,'. He says that ‘it reflects the amount of training that many doctors get with rheumatic diseases. In a course of five years, many medical students will have only two weeks training in rheumatology. It has been a neglected speciality for a very long time.'
The third article focuses on a case study in which an elderly woman was abused and no proper investigation was completed within a nursing home setting. Analysis and conclusion of the research will be provided at the end of the paper. Problem Identification Identifying elder abuse within a long term care setting can be difficult. Nursing home residents often have poor safety awareness and a high rate of falls and related injuries. (Lachs & Boyer, 2002) It is sometimes hard to determine if a fracture or bruise comes from an unpreventable incident in a confused elder or if it came from abuse or negligence.
Nursing Home Neglect and Abuse Nursing Home Neglect and Abuse Even though many of us may have to struggle with putting a loved one into a skilled nursing facility, there comes a time when elders can no longer take care of themselves due to physical, emotional or mental problems. Skilled nursing facilities can provide a wide range of personal care and health services so when you’re deciding on a health care facility for them, don’t settle for anything but the best. One bad judgment call and your loved ones could end up being victims of abuse. Many families lose their loved ones every year as a result of nursing home abuse and according to the best available estimates, between one and two million Americans age sixty five or older have been injured, exploited or otherwise mistreated by someone on whom they depended for care or protection (National center on elder abuse, 2011). Nursing home abuse and negligence is any physical, sexual, verbal, psychological, or financial abuse perpetrated against residents of a residential care facility.
My hypothesis that I’m reviewing is a casual one, which is “poor health is the main reason why people become homeless”. Poor health is closely associated with homelessness. For families struggling to pay the rent, a serious illness or disability can start a downward spiral into homelessness, beginning with a lost job, depletion of savings to pay for care, and eventual eviction (National Health Care for the Homeless Council, 2008). In the year 2007 the U.S. census Bureau calculated that 45.7 million people, who makes up about 15.3 percent of the population do not have health insurance. These uninsured people where Americans who either worked full or part time jobs.
A further 5 million homes were left with no electricity and many houses were a victim of falling trees. A Holt in the Stock Market occurred, with many work employees opting for a few days off work due to not being able to travel. The fire brigade recorded over 6000 calls in a 24 hour period. London experienced the first blackout since the blitz and flights were cancelled in Gatwick and Heathrow with also Ports closing. After the storms had gone, the people of England tried in many ways to rejuvenate their land.
Therefore, because people were so undernourished they had many diseases which became epidemics. Many people weren’t having enough vitamin c therefore resulting in them having scurvy, other diseases became epidemics; influenza, small pox and syphilis due to poor living conditions. Also, due to poor conditions the infant mortality rate was high and many children did not make it to their fifteenth birthday while life expectancy for adults was mid-thirties. Poor people died so young because their living conditions were terrible. They lived in their own filth and waste because there were no sewers or drainage to take it away, even when they threw it out of the house it would drain into the nearby rivers.
Indicators: Going to the hospital a lot due to factures, burns and broken bones. The person may not want to be touched because they don’t trust you and are scared. They may also have unexplained bruising and marks on their skin. Case study on physical abuse: Mark is 54 years old, 10 years ago had a stroke which left him partially paralysed. He has carers came into his home three times a day, but his wife cares for him the rest of the time.
Not unexpectedly, abuse or neglect by others accounts for over half of recorded instances of maltreatment. For example, a case is documented in Jackson County; Independence, Missouri of a woman living in the home of her son who emergency crews found unfed and in a recliner to which her skin had become fused. She also had an open wound infested with maggots. She died shortly thereafter. (KMBC.com; Kansas City News, 2011).
This man was left quadriplegic after a diving accident and had been bedridden for almost 30 years. He fought a losing battle with government: he never received permission for euthanasia, and in January 1998, with the help of one of his friends he took poison. Another possible reason for the justifying of euthanasia is the lack of space in hospitals for those who can be cured and saved. It is bitter to own up, but this problem exists in many countries. Those who want to live have no chance to get the proper treatment while those who want to die cannot give their place to them.