In recent years, poverty among the old has been ______, while poverty among young people has been ______.
a. increasing, decreasing
b. increasing, increasing
c. decreasing, increasing
d. decreasing, decreasing
c. decreasing, increasing
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Which of the following marked the beginning of the foster care concept in America?
A. the establishment of public orphanages beginning in the late 1700s B. the orphan trains that transported children all over America, Canada, and Mexico to new families from the 1850s to the early 1900s C. the creation of group homes run by private charities in the 1820s D. Dorothea Dix's lobbying of state and federal government in the mid-1800s
A 6-month-old baby is brought to the emergency room with a head laceration. There are bruises all around his mouth and on his arms, legs, and chest. The parents are both very young. The mother does not make eye contact and the father appears very scared. The father tells the social worker that the baby rolled off the couch and hit its head on the coffee table. The attending physician tells the social worker that he has found multiple old injuries as well. As the social worker talks with the grandparents, she learns that both the mother and father were in child protective services as children. The social worker calls the child welfare department to report her suspicion of _______________________.
a. Physical abuse b. Risk harm c. Neglect d. Medical child abuse
Cognitive processing therapy seems to be a useful strategy to use with veterans who wish to rejoin the civilian workforce post deployment.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Which of the following is the best predictor of sexuality in old age?
a. Marital status b. Earlier sexual behavior c. Feelings of an older person about sexuality d. Physical health e. None of the above