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... workers in attendance at a na- tional conference on social work in San Francisco in the fall of 1989. The responses to these questions were tabulated and appear later in this report . The questionnaire can be found in Appendix II ...
... workers in attendance at a na- tional conference on social work in San Francisco in the fall of 1989. The responses to these questions were tabulated and appear later in this report . The questionnaire can be found in Appendix II ...
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... Social workers noted that the home was clean and neat , and very tastefully decorated ; however , the bed where the elderly woman slept had no linens when paramedics picked her up to take her to the hospital . The social worker who made ...
... Social workers noted that the home was clean and neat , and very tastefully decorated ; however , the bed where the elderly woman slept had no linens when paramedics picked her up to take her to the hospital . The social worker who made ...
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... worker found the woman on the floor nude , covered with urine and feces . Her daugh- ter refused to let the aide clean her mother or cover her up . The daughter was drunk and said she didn't care if her mother lived or died . When a social ...
... worker found the woman on the floor nude , covered with urine and feces . Her daugh- ter refused to let the aide clean her mother or cover her up . The daughter was drunk and said she didn't care if her mother lived or died . When a social ...
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... Social workers had trouble investigat- ing these charges because the son ... worker was troubled . She learned that the woman had died under mysterious ... social worker found her in bed , unable to move because of a neck injury , with ...
... Social workers had trouble investigat- ing these charges because the son ... worker was troubled . She learned that the woman had died under mysterious ... social worker found her in bed , unable to move because of a neck injury , with ...
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... social worker , who was repeatedly barred from the home by the grandsons , finally called police , who kicked in the front door . The woman was inside with one grandson , who was immediately arrested on a drunk driving warrant . The ...
... social worker , who was repeatedly barred from the home by the grandsons , finally called police , who kicked in the front door . The woman was inside with one grandson , who was immediately arrested on a drunk driving warrant . The ...
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Page 24 - The Aging Committee files are filled with examples of relatives who have taken the property of the elderly and converted it to their own use. Sometimes this has been accomplished by force or through the use of weapons. In other instances, it has been accomplished by stealth, through deceit and fraud. As...
Page 69 - Alaska Department of Health and Social Services Division of Family and Youth Services Box H-05 Juneau, AK 99811 To make reports in-state, ask the operator for Zenith 4444.
Page 29 - What is new and surprising is that the American family and the American home are perhaps as or more violent than any other single American institution or setting (with the exception of the military, and only then in time of war). Americans run the greatest risk of assault, physical injury, and even murder in their own homes by members of their own families.
Page 50 - Therefore, in order to help the States and stimulate them to improve their own statutes and the protections they offer...
Page 50 - One finds, following a review of the literature, that all States have active programs underway to protect the rights of juveniles. It is interesting to note that the majority of States enacted effective child protective services laws and statutes following...
Page 70 - Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Division of Family and Children's Services, 450...
Page 71 - Puerto Rico Governors Office of Elderly Affairs Gericulture Commission Box 11398 Santurce, PR 00910 (809) 722-2429 or 722-0225 Republic of the Marshall Islands State Agency on Aging Department of Social Services Republic of the Marshall Islands Marjuro, Marshall Islands 96960 Rhode Island Department of Elderly Affairs 160 Pine Street Providence, RI 02903 (401) 277-2858 South Carolina Commission on Aging 400 Arbor Lake Drive Suite B-500 Columbia, SC 29223 (803) 735-0210 South Dakota Agency on Aging...
Page 39 - This includes each of the 50 States as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico ; but I believe that my State more than any other is dependent upon the equine industry.
Page 71 - Division of Elderly and Adult Services, Department of Health and Human Services, 6 Hazen Drive, Concord, New Hampshire...
Page xii - ... States are hardpressed to carry out these mandates. While it is a shame that the States were only able to spend about $45.03 per child resident for protective services in 1989, it is a crime that they spent only $3.80 for each elderly resident in 1989. While the average amount per elderly resident for protective services has increased from $1.52 to $3.80 over the last 10 years, much of that has been eaten away by 62 percent increase in prices due to inflation over the same period.