Failure to carry out a caring duty. More than half of all cases of elder abuse that have been documented involve this. Depending on variables like ignorance or denial that an old person needs as much care as they do, it may be purposeful or accidental.
Warning signs
- Starvation, dehydration, and unusual weight loss
- Untreated health issues, such as bed sores.
- Dirt, vermin, unclean clothes and bedding, and unhygienic living circumstances.
- Being unwashed or left dirty.
- Inappropriately weather-appropriate attire or protection.
- Unsafe conditions to live in (no heat or running water; faulty electrical wiring; other fire hazards).
- Senior citizen abandonment in a public setting.
Consequences
- Higher chances of morbidities
- Premature mortality
- Damage to psychological well-being
- Unexplained anger
- Shutting down
How Online Counselling can be helpful?
Simply put, this refers to refusing to offer necessary services like medication or food, and clean clothing. The most frequent forms of elder neglect include failing to meet basic needs like food and water, maintaining poor hygiene, forgoing necessary medical care, which can result in pain and suffering, allowing bedsores to form as a result of inactivity, and failing to provide appropriate clothing. Elder neglect also causes the emotions like unworthiness, hopelessness, helplessness, etc. Geriatric counselling helps the elderly manage their emotions, find new sources of enjoyment and meaning, and find new support systems
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- Mental Health Issues
- Elder Care Type
- Relationship
- Lifestyle
- Difficulty in Aging
- Grief and Loss
- Elderly Abuse and Neglect
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