KINE 3350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Elder Abuse, Baby Boomers, Physical Abuse
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They also have good relationships with their children, family, and ends: life expectancy is in uenced by how much money their husband has. It"s mostly from the grandchildren or children, and a little bit are from the spouse: risk factors include: history of family violence, mental health issues, nancial stress, gambling or drug abuse problems, its a relationship of dependency. The older person depends on the care of the abuser, and the abuser needs the house and money of the older person. Types of abuse (4 types: financial: most common type of abuse, where the baby boomer children turn on their aging parents. Now that people live longer, their kids get their inheritance later in life. It"s a culture of entitlement, where the money the older parents spend, the younger people feel is their inheritance. They take money from their accounts, take their credit cards, or get their parents to give them money.