The devastation of Alzheimer's Disease affects millions of families in the United States. ... I will examine the effects they have upon families, caregivers and the victims. ... The stress, emotional and physical, is incredible for family members, especially family members who take care of the Alzheimer's patient. Of course, the family member who takes care of the individual is not the only family member effected and as such support groups and such become even more important. As an example of one simple support group system which illustrates the strain on family members, we examine...

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If a child is determined to be in need of protection, the child welfare authorities may respond by, for example, providing counseling and support for the family, removing the child (temporarily or permanently) from the home, or removing the abuser(s) from the home. ... The support services may not resolve the problems that led to the abuse and the child may be abused again or worse, killed. ... Lack of social involvement and community deprives parents of support systems and contacts that would help them deal better with stress and conform their behaviour. Cultural factors determine amount of ...

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Don grabbed her by the hair and jerked her out of bed. By this time his verbal accusations had moved from her behavior at the party to the incompetence as a wife and mother. Although Molly knew this was going to get bad, she had neither the energy nor the ability to resist physically or get away. When Don started beating her with his fists, she put up her arms to protect her face and crouched down on the floor, hoping it would end soon. Don grabbed her by the hair, turned her on her back, and choked her while banging her head on the floor. ...

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In 70% of the families where abuse towards the spouse occurs, there is also physical abuse of the children. ... No one is safe from domestic abuse when a member in the family is receiving the abuse in one form or another. ... Domestic violence or rape outside of the family starts at a very early age for girls. ... The victim feels humiliated and embarrassed when talking to family, friends, court system, and from society. ... The victims have to put up with the abuse and worry about who is going to listen, or support them through this difficult ordeal. ...

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Contributing factors include: family problems, throwaways, homeless families, residential instability, foster care and other residential programs, institutional contact, and socioeconomic pressures. ... Many children attempt to deal with their difficult family situations. ... It is obvious to me that love between parent and child is lacking in most families. ... Another cause of juvenile homelessness is that more and more families are losing their houses. ... Whatever the causes may be, the result is an increasing population of homeless families with children. ...

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The residential school system acted as a method to reshape the future of the Aboriginal culture. " Since the earliest contact between Canada's Aboriginal people and European settlers there has been conflicting values concerning family relationships and child-rearing practices. ... "The program received full support from the churches and the department of Indian Affairs. ... The superintendent general of Indian Affairs assured him that the Indian expenditures were a "good investment instead of being supported from the revenue of the country would contribute largely the same." ...

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The Handbook of Family Violence identified five major types of family violence and ranked spouse abuse as almost equal in incidence with physical child abuse, which was ranked number one (Gilliland, James 1997). ...

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Abstract This paper describes key parts of the discussion that has been going on among researchers and others over the course of the last decade about what bullying is, its influence, what may be causing it, and what are its consequences among male, high school teenagers. Bullying encompasses many aspects of adolescence and is a microcosm of the social architecture of the human experience of adulthood in worldwide communities. The influence and causes of bullying are complex, mirroring its broad definition; and its social, psychological, physical and economic consequences while generally suspe...

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Men who believe in a set of familial patriarchal attitudes and beliefs that support male power and control over women are more likely to abuse females. The existence of an influential male peer support group. ... The family system responds to broad social-structural conditions that produce stress and conflict. This reveals that low-income families, and families where one or more adults are unemployed, or when the husband has a low-status job all experience high levels of stress. ... This survey asked respondents five questions with reference to the patriarchal family. ...

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Men who believe in a set of familial patriarchal attitudes and beliefs that support male power and control over women are more likely to abuse females. The existence of an influential male peer support group. ... The family system responds to broad social-structural conditions that produce stress and conflict. This reveals that low-income families, and families where one or more adults are unemployed, or when the husband has a low-status job all experience high levels of stress. ... This survey asked respondents five questions with reference to the patriarchal family. ...

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In almost 90 percent of the elder abuse and neglect incidents with a known perpetrator, the perpetrator is a family member, and two-thirds of the perpetrators are adult children or spouses. ... The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and the Administration on Aging (AoA) in the U.S. ... The NEAIS originated in 1992 when Congress, through the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act of 1992 (P.L. 102-295), directed that a study of the national incidence of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of elderly persons be conducted under the auspices of the Administration for Children and ...

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Third, this paper will also present approaches to intervention strategies used with family members involved in violence. ... Definition & Description Domestic violence is defined as the physical or emotional abuse of an adult or child by a family member or friend. ... Literature Review Etiology of Domestic Violence Due to the complexity of family violence with its many forms, there has been a number of etiological models that have developed over the years (Kashani & Allen, 1998). ... Family Systems theorists hypothesize that the violence that ensues between a couple is a contribution of both p...

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Varying levels of bullying exist within family and social relationships. ... There is an old adage that says that one should never go into business with one's family members. Similarly , it is believed by many that one should never lend money to one's family members. ... This is a simple example of how family members are bullied by other family members when money is in the equation. ... Prisoners, customarily, prey on their fellow inmates, their family members, and correctional staff. ...

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This cruel behavior not only destroys families, relationships and hopes; it also destroys lives, and in extreme cases, ends them. ... I had to fake smiles and pretend in front of the family like everything was fine when I was really terrified. ...

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Waking up in the morning, regretting to go to school to hear some person ridicule you about the way you look, the way you talk, or about where you are from, is harmful to the mind. At a point, you have had enough of this, and you can't take it anymore. Thoughts come into your head, "Will I ever be l...

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In groups, the aggressive bully is an instigator in an incident while the passive bully supports his/her behavior and starts to be participate actively after the bullying begins (Coy, 2001). ... When a student is bullied the assault typically is directed at some personal characteristic (such as, weight, hair, glasses, etc.), racial name-calling is an assault on every level: the victim's physical person to their personality, family, social world, religion, history, and culture (Eslea and Mukhtar, 2000). ...

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Concerns were raised by social workers and others about the nature and amount of guidance and the potentially adverse impact of performance indicators, both of which were thought potentially to stifle their ability to exercise professional judgement or to prioritize time with children and families. ...

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According to an article published at ASPCA, "many people are probably familiar with our dedicated Agents and the work they do to save the lives of animals across the country. But did you know that you, too, can help crack down on animal cruelty in your community" ("Top 10 Ways to Prevent Animal Crue...

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Children in elite sports and training programs work at their sports for long hours week after week and year after year; they compete regularly and can generate revenues for their coaches and families; they appear on adverts on television to endorse products and they attract people pay to watch them perform. ...

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Tribunals The EOC has looked at 54 employment tribunal decisions, in sexual harassment cases that were heard between 1998 and 2001, to see what those cases revealed. Successful cases The employee Thirty-four cases were successful. In three of those cases the person making the complaint was male. In most cases the harassment began while the person bringing the complaint had been working for that employer for less than one year, and their work tended to be low paid (e.g carers, shop and factory workers, office staff). Shift work was a factor in a third of cases. ...

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