What Is Elderly Abuse

What is Elder Abuse? Elder abuse is an intentional act ... or failure to act which creates a risk of harm to an older adult.  An older adult is someone aged 60 or older. The abuse occurs at the hands of a caregiver or a person the elder trusts like sons and daughters or family members.

Elder abuse is the failure to meet the older adult's basic needs -food water, shelter, hygiene clothing, and essential medical care. It is a single, or repeated act, or lack of appropriate action, occurring within any relationship where there is an expectation of trust, which causes harm or distress to an older person.

The 7 most common types of elderly abuse include physical abuse, neglect, emotional abuse, financial abuse (financial exploitation), sexual abuse, and abandonment. Any of these elder abuse types can be devastating to older people.

Whether intentional or not, abuse may occur as a result of ignorance surrounding the aging process and the needs of elderly people.  Abuse and Neglect can result from the false negative stereotype of older adults having no useful role, combined with non-acceptance of the increasing dependence that can accompany old age.

Examples include intimidation, coercion, ridiculing, disrespect humiliation, harassment, treating an adult like a child, isolating an adult from family, friends, or regular activity, use of silence to control behavior, geographic and interpersonal isolation, and yelling or swearing which results in mental distress.

Financial abuse can happen when a family member or friend takes over financial decisions and control of the older adult’s money. It also happens if a family member, friend or power of attorney controls the money but disregards the older adult’s financial obligations or does not fulfill instructions under the power of attorney.

Common examples of financial abuse include:

• A family member who repeatedly pressures a parent for money or borrows money, but never repays it
• A family member who sells a parent's house or other property and then uses the money for their own benefit
• Adult children who use a parent's pension and then makes the parent ask them for money
• A person who misuses a power of attorney
• A person who forces or tricks a senior into signing or changing a contract or will.

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Photo Story

One story says if people are into drugs and vices and the criminal activities that go with it ... it is alright not to follow the trend and the majority.  You may be an apple in the basket of oranges but ...to hell with them ... for as long as you are on the right path.

However this photo also tells us another side of the story. "Kaya ka napariwara kasi ang tigas ng ulo mo. You always follow what your mind dictates, kahit anong paalaala sa iyo ... ikaw pa rin ang nasusunod. I know you need to decide for yourself ... pero piliin mo naman ang mga laban mo. You need to know which ones are right and which ones are wrong.

You always defy convention and you refuse to obey the norms and the law. You always have the disposition to resist and the willingness to contend or fight. While others choose the right path, you go your own way ... even if you are alone.  As long as you are happy ... you don't mind being criticized, isolated, and ridiculed.

See where that gets you now! And there's no other person to blame but you.

Places We Visited: Wat Pho

Wat Pho is a Buddhist Temple Complex in Phra Nakhon District in Bangkok Thailand. Sometimes people call it as the Temple of the Reclining Buddha.

King Rama 1 rebuilt the temple complex and became the main temple where his ashes were enshrined. The temple was later expanded and extensively renovated by Rama III. The temple complex houses the largest collection of Buddha images including a 46-meter-long reclining Buddha.

Wat Pho covers an area of 60,000 square meters and is one of the largest and oldest wats in Bangkok. The complex consists of two walled compounds. The larger northern walled compound is called phuttawat and the southern compound is called sankhawat.

The perimeter wall of the main temple complex has sixteen gates, two of which serve as entrances for the public (one on Chetuphon Road, the other near the northwest corner).

Women are Like

                                                                    Chelsea Fernandez - Miss Globe Philippines 2022

Women are like ... trial lawyers.

When they don't like the way you WORD your questions ... they want you to REPHRASE them.

Men are Like ...

                                                              Godfrey Murillo - Mr. International Philippines 2022

Men are like ... money.

Nalalaman mo ang HALAGA ... pag WALA na.

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