Adult Protective Services (APS) investigates cases of potential elder abuse. Investigators can check in with nursing home residents and older people getting in-home medical care, or those living with adult caregivers. Each state has its own APS branch. You can contact the APS branch in your sta...
Elder abuse is an umbrella term referring to any knowing, intentional, or negligent act by a caregiver or any other person that causes harm or a serious risk of harm to a vulnerable adult. What makes an older adult vulnerable to abuse? According to the National Center on Elder Abuse, socia...
NBC News reviewed court documents from 72 state and federal child sexual abuse or child pornography prosecutions where the defendant allegedly used Wickr (as it's commonly known) from the last five years in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia, using a combination of private and publ...
For possible SBS, we included ICD-9 codes for retinal hemorrhages and convulsions without a seizure disorder, whereas our measure of confirmed SBS included only the ICD-9 code for shaken baby syndrome (995.55) among young children hospitalized for child abuse. In all, few, if any, researchers...
These men are particularly vulnerable to the COVID-19 virus, and thus immediate action under the Emergency Services California Act, Government Code section 8550, must be taken. In 2006, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger used these powers to immediately reduce prison overcrowding in California (CCPOA v. ...
While part of me enjoys this process, it can leave me feeling raw, vulnerable, hurt, and angry. Angry at Dr. T for what he did, and angry at myself for turning an abusive relationship into a fantasy. Such a big part of healing is accepting oneself and one’s reality. I can’t ...
some want power; some like to use the Church as the means to get access to vulnerable young men and have a position of authority over them. What's happened in Christ's Church is the same thing that's happened to academia such that critical theorists dominate the liberal arts, pushing out...
“It’s first of all religious duties – things like prayer and fasting, and also, importantly, paying money to charity and supporting the poor and looking after the weak and the vulnerable,” she said. “It’s also everyday transactions. It guides Muslims in their way of life, teaches ...
For possible SBS, we included ICD-9 codes for retinal hemorrhages and convulsions without a seizure disorder, whereas our measure of confirmed SBS included only the ICD-9 code for shaken baby syndrome (995.55) among young children hospitalized for child abuse. In all, few, if any, researchers...