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Seniors: American Senior Community
from: Pat MoauroThe Department of Health and Human Services web site notes that one in six Americans are more than 60 years old. As baby boomers (born between 1946 and 1964) age, this number will increase. The numbers will put stress on organizations that are designed to care for our oldest citizens. This can no longer be denied.
The American Senior Community is a community of opposites. They live in a relatively rich and stable country that is considered to be a world power. Many seniors living in the United States have options that seniors in other countries don't have. However, many of the oldest individuals in the American Senior Community lack enough food and appropriate housing or live in unsafe environments.
America's Second Harvest states that 52 percent of all client households with seniors lack a secure source of food, and 65 percent of these households live in poverty.
Online sites indicate that many members of the American Senior Community are victims of economic fraud. Many unscrupulous individuals seem to think that it is appropriate to take the life savings of this country's elder citizens and leave those citizens at the mercy of the government or other benefactors.
Abuse of Elderly
Many seniors who have no family to care for them are sent to nursing homes to live out their last days. Many of these nursing homes have appropriate oversight, but the staff has been known to abuse the elderly residents. The abuse varies but can include physical abuse, physical neglect, verbal and emotional abuse and medical neglect.
Nursing homes are not the only known abusers found in the American Senior Community. Seniors living in the homes of other relatives have been found to be abused in much the same way as seniors in nursing homes. One would think that a senior would be more secure living at home, but many families can not cope with the challenges involved in caring for a senior relative. Family members sometimes allow their frustrations to be taken out on their relatives.
If the American Senior Community is to live well in their golden years, many people believe that the government needs to make some adjustments. The Older Americans Act (OAA) has provisions to help families that care for an older relative.
Medicare and an Ombudsman (people who investigate claims of abuse against the elderly) will need to be strengthened. These programs may be considered satisfactory as they are today, but, given the expected increase in the population of the American Senior Community, these programs will need to be augmented.
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