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This is Sharlyn she is profoundly retarded and she is a filth-monger... |
Institutionalized patients, especially the profoundly retarded, often urinate and defecate in their clothing during the day. Several studies have reported some degree of success in reducing this daytime incontinence with institutionalized retardates or mental patients by using reinforcement principles. Several of these efforts have been primarily concerned with "habit training", i.e., successful elimination in the toilet bowl when the retardate is placed there at regularly and frequently scheduled intervals
Incontinence is a
major unsolved problem in the institutional care of the profoundly
retarded. A reinforcement and social analysis of incontinence was used
to develop a procedure that would rapidly toilet train retardates and
motivate them to remain continent during the day in their ward
setting. Nine profoundly retarded adults were given intensive training
(median of four days per patient), the distinctive features of which
were artificially increasing the frequency of urinations, positive
reinforcement of correct toileting but a delay for "accidents", use of
new automatic apparatus for signalling elimination, shaping of
independent toileting, cleanliness training, and staff reinforcement
procedures. Incontinence was reduced immediately by about 90% and
eventually decreased to near-zero. These results indicate the present
procedure is an effective, rapid, enduring, and administratively
feasible solution to the problem of incontinence of the institutionalized retarded.
Basically the entire last five to six years of me living with these people can be brought to a sum of statement by the above illustrations.
Profoundly retarded institutionalized retardates terrorizing a civilized man into isolation and repulsion of life itself in being forced to accept them as common relations based on lease and right of license of ability.
Types of Abuse
Physical abuse includes:
- Inadequately explained fractures, bruises, welts, cuts, sores and burns;
- Pressure or "bed sores" (decubitis ulcers); and
- Medications used to restrain victims.
Neglect (by self or others) includes:
- Lack of basic body or personal hygiene;
- Lack of adequate food or water;
- Lack of medical aids (glasses, walker, wheel chair, hearing aid, dentures or medications);
- Lack of clean, appropriate clothing or linens;
- Demented victim left alone and unsupervised;
- Bed-bound victims left without proper care;
- Home cluttered, filthy, in a state or disrepair, or having health, fire and safety hazards;
- Home lacking minimum equipment and facilities (stove, refrigerator, heat, cooling, working plumbing and electricity); and
- Animal hoarding.
Financial abuse includes:
- A lack of amenities that the victim could afford;
- Victim "voluntarily" giving inappropriate financial reimbursement for needed care and companionship;
- Caretaker has control of victim's money but is failing to provide for victim's needs;
- Caretaker using victim's financial resources for their own needs; and
- Victim has signed property transfers, Power of Attorney, new will, etc., when unable to comprehend the transaction.
Psychological abuse includes:
- Caretaker isolates victim by restricting visits and phone calls (doesn't want to let you into home or speak to victim); and
- Caretaker is violent, aggressive, controlling, addicted, or uncaring.
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