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Neglect of the aged
Name(s):
Reduction in motivation to care for the aged
Nature
Individual and social motivation to care for the elderly is reduced to guilt or political expediency. What care is given encourages the elderly to become dependent on their need for care.
Broader
Neglected relations
Abusive treatment of the aged
Professional misconduct by nurses
Narrower
Abandoned elderly
Neglect of elderly in institutional care
Reduces
Burden of caring for elderly relations
This problem is a member of 29 aggravating loops
Aggravates
Loneliness in old age
[in 8 loops]
Boredom of the elderly
Limited strength of elders
[in 9 loops]
Inadequate welfare services for the aged
[in 7 loops]
Limited social guidance by older generations
[in 12 loops]
Vulnerability of the elderly under states of emergency
Aggravated by
Disrespect for elders
Dependency of the elderly
Generation communication gap
Conflicting social service ideologies
Unmeaningful social roles for the aged
Strategy(ies)
Ensuring healthy environment
Caring for the aged
Giving attention to elders
Value(s)
Care
Motivation
Age
Demotivation
Neglect
Reduction
Type
(D) Detailed problems