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A weedy garden, a broken sidewalk, a crumbling house. A rusty car, deforestation, air pollution. What do these things have in common? They are the result of neglect. Neglect of the earth and neglect ...

The statistics about nursing home neglect or abuse are jarring: a national survey of nursing home staff reported that a total of 36% of nursing home residents say that they witnessed a minimum of one ...

Abuse: The physical, sexual or emotional harm or risk of harm to a minor (under the age of 18) caused by a parent or other person who acts as a caregiver for the minor. What happened? When did it ...

The Vermont Association of Area Agencies on Aging had been tasked with taking on the investigation of referrals of self-neglect by the state Legislature a couple of years ago. But do we all understand ...

It’s the age-old question of every parent: What’s the right age for my child to be left home alone? Well, maybe don’t plan that night out just yet. A 2015 survey of social workers revealed that the ...

Spatial neglect is a behavioral syndrome occurring after brain injury. It is categorized by a failure to respond, or orient to stimuli after damage to the neural networks critical to spatial attention ...

Research by Community Care and the NSPCC has revealed child neglect is not a priority for social workers, with 60% saying they feel pressure to downgrade cases Children suffering neglect are unlikely ...