...the elders themselves, what some of the causes are, and what is being done to help prevent and/or solve this problem will be covered in this essay. After reading and understanding this issue, from the causes and effects, to the possible solutions, spotting and doing something to help stop the problem may be much easier. Before knowing and understanding the effects of this blossoming issue one must be fully aware of what it actually is. Elder abuse is best defined by Laura Mosqueda (2010) as “The mistreatment or neglect of an older adult. The mistreatment/neglect may be intentional or unintentional, and may either harm the elder or put them at significant risk of harm” (p214). There is usually a specific group of people that commit the acts of abuse, and they are not always criminals on the streets. Many definitions require that the perpetrator is in a position of trust relative to the elder, such as a family member or paid caregiver or contracted worker (Mosqueda, 2010, p214). When people think of abuse, most only think of physical or emotional, but just as there is more than one type of offender, there is also more than one type...
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...project-based rental assistance (PRAC) under Section 202, and senior preservation rental assistance (SPRAC). * Full funding for the annual contracts is necessary in order to maintain the existing housing stock and prevent displacement of seniors or put scarce housing at risk. * These programs affect over 100,000 senior households. The typical Section 202 resident has an income of less than $11,000 per year, and needs assistance with housing and services in order to safely age in place. * The Section 202 PRAC projects operate on a very narrow margin. Nonprofits provide quality, affordable housing where seniors can receive the services they need. * Provide additional funding for home- and community-based services programs under the Older Americans Act. These services include congregate and...
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...Administration on Aging The Older Americans Act was established in 1965 by Congress, then the U.S. Administration on Aging (AoA) was established, this state agency transmits the social services need of older individuals. This Act is considered to be the best way to support the distributing of social services of the aging population. The role of this agency is to help older individuals to continue maximum independence the community, in the privacy of their own homes and continue to improve care for weak elderly individuals. Congress authorized selected programs to acknowledge the needs of our older population. This Act enables seven multiple service programs that are formula-based and discretionary grants. Each program is administrated on a federal level by the AoA, except for Title V which is the community service opportunities program for seniors, this program is administered by the U.S. (DoL) Department of Labor. The Federal funding level is $1.9 billion. 71% of funding supports Title III, the state and community grants for multiple programs. And the remaining funds support Title V program which are grants for Native American organizations, elder rights protection activities, and a variety of support activities Title I- Works toward improving the lives and income of older individuals. Title II- focuses on the long term health service and the helps to support older individuals independently in their communities and homes, to avoid being placed in a nursing facility Title...
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...curiosity to see the world to the need to escape abuse, and these motivations influence their paths as migrant workers in the city. The women who set out to explore end up overwhelmed by the disrespect and dire circumstances...
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...THE WILLIAM DAVIDSON INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Economic Reform and Changing Patterns of Labor Force Participation in Urban and Rural China By: Margaret Maurer-Fazio, James Hughes and Dandan Zhang William Davidson Institute Working Paper Number 787 August 2005 Economic Reform and Changing Patterns of Labor Force Participation in Urban and Rural China Margaret Maurer-Fazio* Department of Economics Bates College Lewiston, ME 04240 (207) 786-6067 (phone) mmaurer@bates.edu and James W. Hughes Department of Economics Bates College Lewiston, ME 04240 (207) 786-6193 (phone) jhughes@bates.edu and Zhang Dandan Division of Economics, RSPAS Australia National University Rm. 5008, Coombs Building 9 Fellows Road, Canberra ACT0200, Australia dandan.zhang@anu.edu.au • Contact author Economic Reform and Changing Patterns of Labor Force Participation in Urban and Rural China By Margaret Maurer-Fazio, James W. Hughes, and Dandan Zhang Abstract In this project, we employ data from the Chinese population censuses of 1982, 1990, and 2000 to examine reform-era changes in the patterns of male and female labor force participation and in the distribution of men’s and women’s occupational attainment. Very marked patterns of change in labor force participation emerge when we disaggregate the data by age cohort, marital status, sex, and rural/urban location. Women have decreased their labor force participation more than men, and urban women much more than rural women...
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...challenges influencing the future of HR processes is the change from a manufacturing to a service or knowledge-based economy. This new economy is characterized by a decline in manufacturing and a growth in service or knowledge as the core of the economic base. A service economy can be defined as a system based on buying and selling of services or providing something for others . A knowledge economy is referred to as the use of information or knowledge to generate tangible and intangible value. Some economists argue that service activities are now dominating the economies of industrialized nations, and knowledge-intensive services or businesses are considered a subset of the overall service economy. The skills and abilities of knowledge workers are key to the...
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...Workers comp assignment 1) What are the goals of workers compensation? --A. provide prompt adequate definite income and medical benefits to accidents that are related to work. B. Reduce court delays, cost and workloads which are arising from personal injury and provide a single remedy. C. Remove private and public problems of money due to uncompensated industrial accidents. D. Eliminate time consuming trials and appeals in the court. E. Eliminate attorney fees involved. F. accident caused is promoted by frank study and reducing accidents, human sufferings etc. G. Employer must abide the compulsory law that accepts and provides the benefits to workers. 2. Explain how you believe Workers Compensation program has helped workers. Though workers compensation insurance is costly for companies, there are some benefits from managing one’s workers compensation program. Explain. --Workers compensation is the insurance since 1900’s in the United States. From the beginning of 19th century as the growth of industries increased and the workers for the industries also increased, so the injuries’ had become more common in the factories where the workers used to deal with the larger machines and were working in hazardous conditions,. so a system was needed to compensate the workers who had suffered from injuries during working hours,. 1> Workers Compensation program has helped workers in relieving there mental stress. 2> This program has made the workers to...
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...Along Geylang’s main road, the people observed seem like regular, middle-aged working adults who come to the coffee-shops for dinner. However, we see a flurry of activity, both legal and illegal, as we walk into the back lanes of the Geylang ‘lorongs’, and the groups of people frequenting those lanes dress and behave differently from many of those seen on the main road. The most prominent group would be the streetwalkers and their pimps, who roam certain lanes targeting both foreign and local men. Among the streetwalkers, we identified two distinct groups – those of age (who seemed experienced) and those who looked under-age. A line of skimpily-dressed Vietnamese and Chinese girls who looked to be in their mid-teens shrunk against the wall as we passed by. From their cautious demeanour towards strangers, we inferred that they were illegally trafficked and were afraid of getting discovered or caught. We felt that those underage girls may have been forced into the act as they seemed unwilling and unhappy to be there. The pimps and the Thai women, in their thirties, were more brazen, and followed us from the alley to the roadside while they actively solicited the males for sex. An illegal gambling den was also set up involving at least 30 gamblers around a makeshift wooden table, most of whom were Chinese nationals. We noticed a few spotters patrolling the alley and keeping a lookout by the roadside. They looked at us suspiciously but let us pass through. However, they stopped an...
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...Employment Of Foreign Workers In Malaysia INDEX 1. Executive Summary 2. Introduction 3. Analysis 4. Challenges 5. Implications 6. Recommendations 7. Conclusion 8. References 1.0 Executive Summary The report investigates on the issue of employment of foreign workers in Malaysia. During the British colonial period in the early nineteenth century, Malaysia was a net receiver of foreign nationals who came to work in the plantations, mines, and construction sectors. Nowadays, rapid industrialization, urbanization, strong economic growth led to labour shortages in rural areas and plantation sectors due to rejection of locals to work in these industries. There are some changes and policy reforms since early 2000 regarding the employment of foreign workers, which includes: Amendments to the Employment Act and Equality in Treatment and Enforcement of Laws. There is also a proposel regarding Foreign Workers Act. The report analyses the advantages and disadvantages of employing foreign workers. Among the advantages are availability of low cost labour, willingness to work for long hours and availability of abundant foreign workforce. Nonetheless, there are also drawbacks to employing foreign workers including rapid expansion of population and increasing in level of unemployment of locals. The main issue is exploitation of foreign worker in Malaysia. Foreign workers are exploited by their employers in different ways, for instance, wage manipulation...
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...CONDITION OF CONSRUCTION WORKERS IN INDIA The construction industry in India consists of migrant, unskilled men, women and children. The conditions of the workers have many factors pushing it towards a very wretched condition. A few of the main factors are listed below 1. Weak Legislative policies and non enforcement of current policy’s 2. Knowledge and literacy among workers 3. Globalization of the construction industry India 4. Frequency of change in government officials 5. Wages Weak legislative policies The current structures of the construction consist of the landowners, the builders, contractors (building, labor, etc). The landowners lease or have a contract with the landowners to construct a structure on the land, the builders further subcontract different parts of the construction to contactors and the labor for different subsections are given to labor contractors to procure the required labor force. The current labor laws exempts the principal (landowners and the builders) from any liability for wages, living conditions, safety of the labor force. The involvement of unions and human right organizations for the rights of the laborers is nonexistent and so there is no one to enforce the current minimal regulations of safety and living conditions. The workers, due to the migrant nature are completely unaware of their rights since it changes from state to state and this helps the contractors exploit the monetary need of the workers. There are no unions or boards...
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...Human Resources Research Paper 4/16/2014 Benefits There are many benefits that employers offer to their employees to attract that to work at their company. Human Resources provides benefits in six core areas, Health which includes (medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, and health care flexible spending accounts), Retirement (university provided retirement contributions and employee retirement savings vehicles), Tuition (for employees and eligible children of employees), Life Insurance (basic and supplemental life and AD&D insurance, and life insurance for dependents), Disability Insurance (short- and long-term disability and workers' compensation), Lifestyle Support (such as child care, EAP, transportation, banking, paid time off, and other benefits). In our research paper we will explore how some of these benefits affect the social, political and ethical areas of Great Britain and Australia. Life Insurance Human resource is a very difficult subject. It has so many different aspects to cover. The manual for human resource is so long but every area is important and has to be covered. Benefits are what every employee looks forward when looking for a job, though I believe many applicants don’t ask the question about life insurance. Life insurance is a touchy subject but I believe that every person should be insured for themselves and their loved ones. Not being covered whether it’s with or without your companies can leave financial hardship on your loved ones...
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...Sex Work In A HIV Prevalent World The anthropological article, Childhood Sexual Abuse and HIV Risk Among Crack-Using Commercial Sex Workers in San Salvador, El Salvador, offers a qualitative and in-depth analysis into the lives of sex workers in the metropolitan area of San Salvador. The purpose of this paper will be to examine the collected data from the article and apply previously discussed anthropological tactics to better understand the given information. The article underscores childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and its connection to adopting prostitution as an occupation, although, through the studied sample group no clear connection could be drawn. It is obvious that, though CSA seems to have contributed to stigmatization and negative feelings that could have led a women to seeking sex work, poverty seems to be a greater determinant of whether a woman became involved in sex work or not. The article comprises of several sections, introducing the issue of what factors may cause initiation to sex work, drug use, and vulnerability to HIV in San Salvador. The basic argument of the article is to establish a relationship between childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and increase in HIV risk. Ethnographic interviews of 40 women who were sex workers, crack users, or both were conducted in Spanish. The theoretical framework of the study suggested that girls who ran away at a young age did not actively choose to participate in deviant lifestyles but, rather, they were vulnerable to sex work...
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...Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on China’s Migrant Workers: A Survey of 2,700 in 2009 Mark Wang1 Abstract: An Australian geographer examines the effects of the global financial crisis on China’s migrant workers, based on a recent survey of over 2,700 such workers conducted during January–February 2009. The author focuses on the number of migrant workers returning to their home villages for the annual New Year holiday period, the types of workers that were laid off, options available to such workers upon losing employment, and the reasons underlying their subsequent moves. Implications of the findings for labor policy in China are briefly outlined and several directions for future research identified. Journal of Economic Literature, Classification Numbers: E240, G010, J610, J690. 7 tables, 68 references. Key words: China, global financial crisis, migrant workers, unemployment, globalization, rural development, push factors, manufacturing exports, hukou, migration networks, remittances, Chinese New Year, return migration. INTRODUCTION M igration is closely tied with processes of globalization and the global economy, and China’s rural-to-urban migrant workers have contributed substantially to the country’s economic growth and success. This group of hard-working laborers has made inexpensive “made-in-China” products available in almost every corner of the world. Varying sources estimate that migrant workers2 have contributed 16–24 percent of China’s GDP growth and...
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...children in domestic work in Pakistan. The children in domestic work are not recognized as ‘child labour’ by society and by a number of governments, but rather as a normal feature of society. The objective of this paper is to present various dimensions of this neglected segment within the child labour phenomena. The purpose is not only to highlight the similarities and differences in dimensions such as labour market characteristics and its arrangements, working conditions, violence, exploitation from the all inclusive and parent “child labour” category, but also to spell out testable hypothesis that can be the basis for future data collection and empirical analysis on the subject. Our premise is that the labour arrangements of child domestic worker in Pakistan are segmented along non-resident and resident. Thus working conditions, violence, exploitation and dynamics of demand and supply vary with this widely observed segmentation. Although legislations and action plans on child labour in Pakistan, do not include any clause specifically on child domestic labour but the reality is that the vast majority of children in domestic labour would find a place in one or more of these categories, either because of the nature of the work they are required to perform, the treatment they receive or the means by which they entered into the situation in which they find themselves. Paper also suggests some policy measures to reduce the incidence of child domestic labour and for their rehabilitation...
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...------------------------------------------------- Child labour From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A succession of laws on child labour, the so-calledFactory Acts, were passed in Britain in the 19th century. Children younger than nine were not allowed to work, those aged 9-16 could work 16 hours per day per Cotton Mills Act. In 1856, the law permitted child labour past age 9, for 60 hours per week, night or day. In 1901, the permissible child labour age was raised to 12.[1][2] Child labour refers to the employment of children in any work that deprives children of their childhood, interferes with their ability to attend regular school, and that is mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous and harmful.[3] This practice is considered exploitative by manyinternational organisations. Legislations across the world prohibit child labour.[4][5] These laws do not consider all work by children as child labour; exceptions include work by child artists, supervised training, certain categories of work such as those by Amish children, and others.[6][7] Child labour was employed to varying extents through most of history. Before 1940, numerous children aged 5–14 worked in Europe, the United States and various colonies of European powers. These children worked in agriculture, home-based assembly operations, factories, mining and in services such as newsies. Some worked night shifts lasting 12 hours. With the rise of household income, availability of schools and passage of...
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