Question Description
I’m trying to study for my Health & Medical course and I need some help to understand this question.
What characteristics would lead a provider to suspect domestic violence, child abuse, or elder abuse is taking place within a family? Discuss your facility's procedure for reporting these types of abuse.
Explanation & Answer
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Domestic violence is abuse that happens in the home setting. In most cases, domestic
violence occurs between cohabiting partners such as husband and wife or girlfriend and
boyfriend (Spangaro, 2018). Child abuse is any form of neglect, sexual mistreatment,
psychological mistreatment, and physical mistreatment that is done on a child by a parent or a
guardian (Lynne et al., 2015). Elder abuse is a form of neglect, sexual mistreatment,
psychological mistreatment, and physical mistreatment that is done on the elderly by a guardian
entrusted in taking care of the person (Dong, 2015). Accord...