World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2010
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
Although a sizeable population of the elderly is a victim of abuse or neglect, a very small percentage of it actually reports this. The sad part of it all is that the perpetrators are often individuals upon whom the older person is dependent. That is possibly what hurts these victims the most, especially emotionally; [...]
Tags: Abusive behavior, Aged, Court, Family ties, Injuries, Neglect, Old age, Police complaint, Senior Citizens, Sexual abuse, Support groups, Trauma, Victim, Violence, World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2010
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Healer, heal thyself!
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
 Doctors are that part of the community that is meant to help the public – physically and mentally. So it should be; so it is not. Well, not always.
On one hand, doctors are known to work long exhausting hours in an operation theatre struggling to save the life of an accident victim or remove the [...]
Tags: Accident, Affluent, Common man, Diseased, Doctor, Healer, Hospital, Kind word, Medication, Medicine, Operation theatre, Patient, Private practice, Rich, Smile, Treatment, Victim
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