What are the types of elder abuse? What subgroups of older adults are most susceptible to the different forms of elder abuse? What is the social worker's role in fighting elder abuse?
What will be an ideal response?
Types include physical abuse, emotional or psychological abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, and financial abuse. Those who are most likely to be victimized are unemployed, traumatized by a prior event, getting by with a low household income (less than US$35,000 per year), social services clients, in need of assistance with ADLs, or in poor health.
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Individuals, organized or informal groups, who have an interest in the outcomes of a policy practice
initiative are referred to as: a) Political activists. b) Stakeholders. c) Radicals d) Civil demonstrators.
The old-old or frail older people (85 and over) are projected to be the fastest-growing segment of the population in the
21st century.
a. True b. False
A non-directional hypothesis implies:
a. that the results will fall in one direction b. that the results will fall in one of the two tails of the distribution c. that the results will fall into either of the two tails of the distribution d. that the results will fall in neither of the two tails of the distribution
In a box-and-whisker plot, the “whiskers” can be used to represent:
a. The interquartile range b. The minimum and maximum values c. Outliers d. The median, mean and mode