...13 March, 2024. Foster Care Permanency: How its Absence Effects Youth Aging out of foster care and the brokenness within the foster care system have long-lasting effects on youth and families. At any given time in the United States, there are about 400,000 kids in care. The foster care system's goal is to unite youth back to their families, find permanent placement, and provide a safe, loving family for them in the meantime. Though there are good intentions, it still fails to fully achieve that, leaving lasting negative effects on its youth. According to the research, foster kids overall end up with much more negative outcomes, as the experience takes a toll on many aspects of their lives and can leave...
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...Introduction The experience of being in foster care can be highly traumatic for children and adolescents, often involving separation from their families, placement changes, and a sense of instability. These challenges can have profound effects on their mental health, increasing the risk of depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation. Research consistently shows that youth in foster care are disproportionately affected by suicidal thoughts and attempts compared to their peers not in foster care (Leathers et al., 2019; Jones et al., 2020). Traditional intervention approaches may not adequately address the complex needs of this population. Therefore, there is an urgent need for innovative strategies to prevent suicide among children and adolescents...
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...the delivery of safer care. Advocacy is an important role nurses must take for their patients. One example Makary (2012) provided was a nurse who will administer a medicine even if she believes it was ordered incorrectly, because that hospital...
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...are more likely to enter foster care placement, remain longer in care and become adopted (as opposed to reunified or placed with relatives) (Wurlczyn, 2002; Administration for Children and Families, 2009a and 2009b). Infants and toddlers in foster care are also much more likely to experience developmental delays in emotional, social, and cognitive development and much less-likely to receive early developmental screenings (Dozier et. al, 2006; Pears & Fisher, 2005). Additionally, infants and toddlers are more likely to face repeated exposure to maltreatment; nearly one third of infants that exist the foster care system end up re-entering at a later date (Administration for Children and Families 2009a and 2009b; Wulczyn, 2002). This information indicates that the child welfare system is not effectively reaching these families and resolving the initial areas of concern that lead to out of home placement. Issues surrounding child vulnerability and the ineffectiveness of child welfare to meet the needs of particularly young children continue when considering the issues of attachment and placement stability. Placement in...
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...living in unsafe home environments. It may be that they are being physically abused, emotionally abused, sexually abused, or neglected. Unfortunately, often the maltreatment is being done by the very person who was supposed to protect the child and keep them safe from harm. Neither one of the abuses being any less harmful to the child than any of the others, they all require action to be taken to preserve...
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...individuals or families as a whole to promote health and prevent disease (Edellman, 2004). The Gordon’s eleven Functional Health Patterns Assessment is a useful tool in assessing and evaluating the family’s developed health patterns, allowing the health care provider a better look at the overall health of a family as a whole. This allows for interventions to be uniquely crafted based on the findings of the assessment, ending with a result of better health outcomes. This paper will discuss the health habits and perceptions of the Foster family which was interviewed by this writer using Gordon’s assessment. Open ended questions were formulated to get an idea of how this family functions related to health promotion and the overall perception of their well being. The Foster family is a family consisting of a wife and husband in their fifties and a son who is 29. The wife and husband, M. Foster (wife), and D. Foster (husband) live alone, being that their child is grown and has moved out. The first assessment question is how the Foster family perceives their health. They view themselves as overall “healthy”. M. Foster states, “We try our best to stay healthy and do what we can. We try to eat good and exercise when we have time.” (M. Foster, personal communication, April 17, 2014) The Foster’s drink alcohol socially and neither one of them smoke tobacco products, although are former smokers. They do not get annual health screenings stating, “We really only go to the doctor when something...
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...Introduction On November 2007, The Oregonian began an investigation on children in foster care that had been prescribed powerful psychiatric medications. These medications were given four times the rate of other children. Concerns have been on the rise for children that are given “psychotropic medications”. Primarily the concern is high for those children in foster care, and who receive Medicaid, because they are in a system that has lost structure of the importance of the health and welfare of children and adolescence. Also because foster children are more likely to have more emotional and social issues, and need treatment to include psychiatric medication. Psychotropic medications are those that affect the nervous system and produce many changes in behavior or awareness. These medications can be given in the form of a tranquilizer, sedative or antidepressant. Changes should be made to prevent how children receive medications, to deter overdosing and complications from misdiagnosing the child’s illness. The effect that psychiatric drugs have on children can be sometimes upsetting. Psychiatric or psychotropic medications are used to help children with behavioral impairment. Changes should be made that will benefit children in situations as mentioned. Not only in foster care but any child that is prescribed psychiatric (psychotropic) medications. Implementing change that will assure children are prescribe the right mediations, and are given the medication according to their...
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...OUT OF FOSTER CARE NEEDS SUPPORT? 1 Why youth aging out of foster care needs support? Antoinette Knowlton Strayer University Critical Thinking PHI 210 Dr. Ed Yancy March 16, 2013 WHY YOUTH AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE NEEDS SUPPORT? 2 Why youth aging out of foster care needs support? Can you imagine today is your 18th birthday and you have no biological family to give you heartfelt happy birthday wishes and hugs? No one there to give you the “you’re eighteen years old today now what are you going to do with your life speech”. Can you imagine coming to the realization that you’re on your own now. Not even the government is responsible for you anymore. You’re now a member of a group that most don’t think about. You’re aging out of foster care. In 2005, 24,407 youth did what’s known as “aged out” of foster care. Aging out of foster care means youth between the age of 18 and 23 is no longer receiving state care without being reunited with their families nor adopted before leaving care (Collins, Clay & Ward, 2008). This represents an increase of 41% since 1998. Now it’s over 25,000 a year of youth aging out of foster care (US Department of Health and Human Services, 2006). It’s all on you to decide what road you will travel. But, how do you determine your route towards your destiny. This can be a very scary and intimidating time for these youth as they transition from the life they knew in foster care versus...
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...definitions have as core concepts the notion of providing nursing care to families and family members (Braun & Foster, 2011). Nurses have realized what an important role that families can play in promoting positive health outcomes by getting them involved in patient care. With that said families are seen in the context as how the nurse sees them and works with them. There are several definitions and concepts of family and they are believed to contribute to education, research and theory. Family Concepts The first concept seen is family as context. The patients care is individually focused and the family is seen as a resource but also can be seen as a stressor. The patient is seen as the primary focus and the nurse includes the family if she sees it to be of value and beneficial to the patient as a resource. In regards to promoting health with this type of nursing the patients family becomes involved if the nurse sees it as a benefit and if so they can help the family and be a good resource for them. The second concept that is seen is family as sum. In this type of nursing the whole family is treated and when they have all been treated then care has been provided. Health promotion has been met when care is provided to all family members. The third concept is family subsystems which is the basis for interpersonal family nursing. Examples of this type of nursing would be marital relationships and care giver issues. The fourth concept is family as the client. The patient...
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...Emotional Strength in Ellen Foster Many people often go through eye-opening events that leave a permanent impact on their lives. You learn countless lessons throughout your life from childhood to adulthood. These lessons can be considered positive or negative and shape and mature you as a person. In Kaye Gibbon’s novel, Ellen Foster, the main character, Ellen, undergoes many negative and positive events in her childhood. These events are what builds and matures Ellen as a person. Throughout Ellen Foster’s childhood, she dealt with racism, an abusive and rocky childhood, and learned the importance of friendship. Ellen Foster suffered from sexual and mental abuse from her father growing up. Ellen’s Mama was sick for many years in the hospital...
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...Sexual orientation fails to directly correlate with the quality of parenting. Successful parenting entails the ability to nurture and the creation of a home full of love. According to Opposing Viewpoints, adoption is the process of taking legal responsibility for the care and protection of a child that is not one’s own by birth. Same-sex couple adoption should be allowed based upon the following principles: a number of same-sex couples looking to adopt or have already, same-sex parents fail to negatively impact the children, and same-sex relationships feature the same basic components and desires as heterosexual relationships. It is imperative to children who are in the position to be adopted for LGBT families to have the legal ability to...
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...change being a base to the communicative action theory, one must embrace its components. Community for change encompasses a variety of components, according to Phillips and Pittman (2015), it “… is linked to the concept of full participation, a consistent value...
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...Aaliyah report not knowing the reason for being in foster care. Aaliyah explain being in foster care and no one explained why she is in foster care. The referring agency referral did not state how Aaliyah entered care. Aaliyah entered SAFY care from Palmetto County Behavioral Health. Per referring agency report, Aaliyah met the goals set for her and the facility has to offer. The referring agency did not report any behavioral problems; however, Aaliyah has a history of running away to meet adult men to have sex. PRS: Aaliyah has a history of displaying depression symptoms as deflated self-esteem, sadness and worthlessness. Aaliyah displays argumentative behaviors with peers and adults, resentful, blames others, deliberately ignores authority figures. Aaliyah lack coping skills to maintain healthy relationships, manage...
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...to drugs, are unable to care for their infant daughter. She is taken from them by court order and placed in a foster home. The years pass. She comes to regard her foster parents as her real parents. They love her as they would their own daughter. When the child is 9 years old, the natural parents, rehabilitated from drugs, begin court action to regain custody. The case is decided in their favor. The child is returned to them, against her will. The courts in this case used the rule-based theory of the Three Primary Schools of Ethics to solve the problem. However, in my case I would have chosen the Care-based and Consequentialist theories. In the following paragraphs I will explain how to solve the dilemma using the care-based and consequentialist theory, explain the similarities and differences in both solutions, state whether the two schools of ethics are worthy of use in real life, and if Aristotle would have approved. The care-based theory is about putting yourself in someone else’s shoes. In this case this is what all adults need to do in order to understand all parties’ perspectives. The adult parties need to compromise. If that’s not possible, putting the love of the child first and allow the child to make the decision. Most likely the child would want to be with the foster parents and possibly have a relationship with the biological parents. All adults should look at the situation through her eyes and make a decision. The biological and foster parents should understand...
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...structural barriers to providing case management. The second theme was the lack of political influence by the nurses to change the structure of the organization; hence, their skills could be more completely utilized. Conclusions: Public health nurses who work in child welfare will need to systematically analyze their role within the organization and understand how to work in Òhost settings.Ó Nursing educators need to prepare public health nurses to work in non-health care settings by teaching organizational analysis. Key words: child protective services, organization, public health nursing. The purpose of this exploratory qualitative descriptive study was to investigate how public health nurses working in the child welfare system in a large metropolitan county in California view the organization. The study utilized the Bolman—Deal Organizational ModelÕs (1997) four frames for organizational analysis: symbolic, political, human resource, and structural. Public health nurses have joined social workers in providing care...
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