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Vulnerable adults sometimes have guardians - these are individuals with a legal right to make decisions on their behalf, such as those related to medical care and housing. [13] Guardians may be family or friends, [ 13 ] or they may be professionals who make decisions on behalf of many vulnerable people in exchange for their money.
An Index on Social Vulnerability in Spain is produced annually, both for adults and for children. Researchers have noted that social vulnerability may be shaped by communication-related factors. People may become more vulnerable if they have trouble accessing, processing, or reacting upon information about risks and hazards. [15]
Vulnerability refers to "the quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally." [1] The understanding of social and environmental vulnerability, as a methodological approach, involves the analysis of the risks and assets of disadvantaged groups, such as the elderly.
A vulnerable adult is anyone 18 years of age and older who is vulnerable to abuse. Adult Protective Services defines “abuse” as financial exploitation, neglect, self-neglect, physical or ...
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While some states provide adult protective services to older adults only, as in Ohio where the APS law applies to those 60 and older, [2] most serve adults with disabilities over the age of 18 who meet the state's definition of "vulnerable". [3]
Aug. 16—A Barnwell County woman is facing charges of exploiting a vulnerable adult . Simone Montrell Stephens, 34, was arrested and charged Aug. 15 with the exploitation of a vulnerable adult ...
Surveillance video shows the former employee pushing the vulnerable adult, an arrest warrant said. Vulnerable adult assaulted by then-employee at care facility in Columbia, SC cops say Skip to ...