Elder Abuse and Optimal Health Status

The abuse encompasses harm inflicted by individuals known or related to the elderly persons. Most forms of abuses have been related upon during a wide span of time and are recognized under types of domestic violence due to the places in which they occur. Despite elderly abuse relating to various aspects of circumstances, there is a non-inclusion of criminal acts against the elderly. There is an uprising trend of abuse of elderly persons by their respective caregivers which escalates the whole idea of elderly rights and safety to worst states. It grows more concerns since there are expectations that these places should be the most centers where absolute treatment of the elderly is guaranteed. These acts may be oral through verbal and nonverbal abuse such as ridicule and ignoring.

Abuses can also depict physicality in it where aspects of the use of force such as slapping, false imprisonment, withholding of medications and restraining are depicted. Financial exploitation of elderly persons remains a clear form of abuse against the elderly which involves misappropriation of resources belonging to an elderly person by the caregivers, strangers or controlling individuals by use of fiscal means. Sexuality is a clear-cut of human rights abuse and elderly abuse is not immune to the threat of sexual exploitation. It involves using might to induce elderly persons into taking part in sexual tasks regardless of their consent of indulgence. This aspect of elderly abuse continues to elicit more recognition across the state as a major fundamental impediment to rights which is on the rise.

Elder abuse is not only restricted to other parties disregarding the rights and freedoms of elders but also to self-neglect. Individuals of elderly ages neglecting themselves by caring less about their own well-being, health and security are considered and regarded as self-abuse. Harm by oneself is considered different from harm by others since it may be due to the declining nature of individual mental mindfulness or abilities to self-care (Acierno et al. The neglect is not absolutely considerable since other grown individuals may decide to deny themselves other health and safety paybacks. An analysis rates those elders with dementia as having a high chance of suffering forms of mistreatment. This means that medical conditions remain the major factors linking elderly persons to forms of abuse.

Overlook of serious non-compliance issues relating to direct harm is seen to decline with the deteriorated situations among elders. Caregivers willingly spent less time with the chronic patient or sick elders which infringe their hopes of getting help. Abused older individuals have a higher risk chance of more than three times of dying compared to their non-mistreated counterparts. Recent studies have however disputed this through systemic reviews and meta-analyses of latest scholarly articles. The articles analyses abuse both in institutional, community and self-report settings. These articles suggest that institutional abuse of elderly persons is systemic compared to those in a community setting (Fahey et al. Consequential effects of elder abuses are manifested in their health composition where life qualities of victims deteriorate under various aspects.

The most imminent health threat is always death since all health consequence leads to disregard for life. Lack of proper understanding on how such situations are cushioned leads to a full stretch of possibilities in which death is imminent. Conclusion Optimal health is paramount and a right to all regardless of age and life experiences. Just as nursing intends to assure individual, community and family well-being is given proper focus, elderly individuals deserve the same. Abuse of elderly individuals should be known to be a direct abuse of their health status. Maintenance of optimal health status should be a priority for all and should not only cover selfish benefits but should incorporate care for others. B. , Resnick, H. S. , Steve, K.