Elder abuse forensic centers present a new model of multidisciplinary collaboration on elder abuse cases. The "clients" of a forensic center are Adult Protective Services (APS), law enforcement, and the Long-term Care Ombudsman. Centers take the basic multidisciplinary team model and add a geriatrician and a psychologist. Additionally, forensic center team members make home visits with APS and ...

Elderly mistreatment is a hidden, and often ignored problem in society. In the general population many will have heard the phrase 'Granny Battering' but will know little more than that, other than perhaps some awareness of problems publicised in television programmes on Care Homes. The term 'Granny Battering' dates back to 1975 [1], so this is not a new phenomenon; but in the UK we have been sl...

Since elderly obliviousness causes social inconvenience and psychical complaint, elders often forget daily schedules and miss their personal belongings such pillboxes or keys. Recently, technological advancements have spurred various ideas and innovations to apply on elder independent living. In this article, we proposed an intelligent RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) system to assist elde...

Usually, when scientists call a news conference, it’s to announce new results from a study. But when NASA calls one to talk about the space shuttle, chances are the topic won’t be results — it will be about unrealized plans. And, in the case of John Glenn, that’s probably a good thing. The US senator’s nostalgic return to space came 36 years after he became the first American to orbit the earth...

INTRODUCTION Present study was aimed to analyze the impact of education, employment and financial independence in breastfeeding practices among Indian women. METHODOLOGY Present explorative questionnaire based survey included 256 women (128 pairs) in the final analysis. A pair means--a) pregnant lady (in her third trimester) representing younger generation and b) her mother/mother in law repr...