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PASSIVE NEGLECT [2 records]

Record 1 1995-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Old Age
  • Sociology of the Family
  • Social Problems
OBS

... to say that there is intentionality to abuse is to impute a personal motive to inflict harm. However, the intention to harm that is common to both concepts of aggression and abuse does not make them synonymous because abuse has been used by some experts to imply the existence of a power differential.

OBS

The dimension of intentionality with regard to abuse is restricted in many studies to the category of neglect where "active" neglect is defined as intentional abuse and "passive" neglect is defined as unintentional.

CONT

Intentional neglect refers to those situations in which a caregiver knowingly impinges on the elderly person’s well-being by limiting or denying the fulfilment of basic needs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie de la vieillesse
  • Sociologie de la famille
  • Problèmes sociaux
CONT

La violence et la négligence à l'égard des aînés peuvent être intentionnelles ou non. Par exemple le fait de ne pas administrer des médicaments est intentionnel [...]

OBS

Violence : vice du consentement qui consiste en une contrainte, physique ou morale, exercée sur personne en vue de l'inciter à passer un acte déterminé.

Key term(s)
  • violence intentionnelle
  • négligence intentionnelle

Spanish

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Record 2 1995-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Old Age
  • Social Services and Social Work
CONT

... the American health care system does not provide the same kind of support to caregivers as the Canadian system ... [where] some level of home support services is usually available ....

CONT

... it can be expected that a majority of the passive neglect cases... might have been prevented with an assortment of family support services.

OBS

Theoretically, the term "family support services" may encompass community services outside the home.

Key term(s)
  • in-home services
  • home support services
  • family support services

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie de la vieillesse
  • Services sociaux et travail social
OBS

Un service d'appui communautaire peut être un service à domicile, mais ne l'est pas obligatoirement.

CONT

Que peut-on faire? [...] réduire la dépendance des personnes âgées en leur offrant un réseau de services d'appui communautaire.

Spanish

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