Social activist Nee Gloria Watkins in her second chapter of the book , states that there can be no love without justice.Until we live in a culture that not only respects but also upholds basic civil right for children , most children will not know love. She supports this claim by first acquainting how we attain love , then, classifying cause and effect of abuse, and finally by contributing the reader solutions.Watkins's purpose is to have a functional society but in order to have a functional society parents or guardians need to teach their children how to be responsible without abusing ...

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The longer we live the greater the risk; "nearly 10 percent of all people over age 65 and up to half of those over age 85 are thought to have Alzheimer's Disease or another form of dementia" (Anonymous, 2002). ... In the latest stages of the disease the brain can no longer regulate body functions, and victims die of malnutrition, dehydration, infection, heart failure, or other complications. ... As an example of one simple support group system which illustrates the strain on family members, we examine some stories offered at a web site that are intended to make family members feel they ar...

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y, through this study we have learned that: Female elders are abused at a higher rate than males, after accounting for their larger proportion in the aging population. ... The remaining 3.8 percent of reports had other outcomes (e.g., suspected victim died, could not be located, or had moved away). ...

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