Introduction According to the National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA) there has been a steady growth of the elderly in the United States. This growing population of age 65 and older has been predicted to continue to increase due to better conditions and increase of medical help for the seniors. Mortal...
Alzheimer's Disease is relentlessly destroying the brains and lives of our nation's older adults, robbing them of memory, the ability to reason, and affecting their emotions and behavior. Alzheimer's Disease is a degenerative disorder of the brain. 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). The devastation of Alzheimer's Disease affects millions of families in the United States. Alzheimer's Disease c...
Summary Women are the most marginalized group of people in Pakistan often treated as second class citizen. They faced multiple types of gender based discrimination and violence. Most epidemic form of violence is domestic violence such as honour killing, early marriages, sexual assault and psychological abuse. Since last few years the stove burning and throwing Acids on women body appears to be a most insane domestic violence upon women in Pakistan. The existing cultural norms and religious practices (based on misinterpretation of Quranic verses) are the most pervasive forces in promoting this ...
