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Communities must stand up to elder abuse - Carter (NZPA)
Auckland :: New Zealand | about 4 hours ago
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Communities need to stand up to elder neglect and abuse, Minister for Senior Citizens John Carter told the Breaking the Silence Hui today. "We need to be told clearly and strongly when behaviour is Not OK," he told the northern Hawke's Bay meeting, hosted...
Tags: Mr Carter, elder abuse, New Zealand, Auckland, Elder law, Gerontology, Care of residents, Child abuse, Domestic violence, Abuse, Psychological abuse
Child abuse rife in Afghanistan: UN
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 13 hours ago
Credibility Eight years after the US-led overthrow of the Taliban, children in Afghanistan are suffering disastrous levels of abuse, deprivation and mortality, officials say. Seventy per cent of the population has no access to safe drinking water.
Tags: Afghanistan, Kabul, Child abuse, Infant mortality, Politics, UNICEF, Demography, War in Afghanistan, Social Issues, Taliban, War Conflict
Sacred secrets - Catholic priests, State clash over reporting of 'confessed' crimes
Kingston :: Jamaica | 1 day ago
Credibility Under the law, everyone is mandated to report cases of child abuse, even if the information is delivered in a confessional booth. But the rules of the Roman Catholic Church say that is a no-no. Roman Catholic priest, Monsignor Kenneth Richards, told The...
Tags: child abuse, Roman Catholic Church, catholic priest, Jamaica, Kingston, Sacraments of the Catholic Church, Confidentiality, Absolution, Penance, Catholic Church, Sacrament of Confession, Seal of the Confessional, Confession, Religion Belief, Law Crime
Real reasons for change in abuse claims policy
Wellington :: New Zealand | 1 day ago
Credibility Elayne Johnston; “first they said that the changes were made to comply with Guidelines produced by Massey University. This has not stood scrutiny and Massey have distanced themselves from ACC and the use of their name to support punitive policies”. “As...
Tags: sex crimes, New Zealand, Wellington, Crimes, Family therapy, Child abuse, Social Issues, Law Crime
Parents want combined effort
Kingston :: Jamaica | 2 days ago
Credibility Parents want combined effort Published: Saturday November 21, 2009 As Jamaica recognised the International Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse at Emancipation Park on Thursday night, several citizens who spoke to The Gleaner espoused the view that the...
Tags: Jamaica, Kingston, Family therapy, Parenting, Family, Childhood, Child abuse, Crimes
Childhood abuse 'quickens ageing'
London :: United Kingdom | 2 days ago
Credibility Childhood abuse 'speeds up body's ageing process' Physical or emotional abuse during childhood could speed up the body's ageing process, US research suggests. A team from Brown University focused on telomeres, the protective caps on the chromosomes that...
Tags: ageing process, childhoods abuse, United Kingdom, London, Gerontology, Telomere, Ageing, DNA, Child abuse, Aging, Genetics, Chromosomes, Health Medical Pharma
Cape Coral man receives six-year sentence for battering infant daughter
Fort Myers :: FL :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility A suspect who was arrested by Cape Coral Police in March 2005 and charged with abusing a 5-week-old child entered a plea agreement with the State Attorney�s Office and is now serving a six-year prison sentence. Donald James Turcotte, 33, was arrested...
Tags: Donald James Turcotte, child abuse, Cape Coral Hospital, aggravated child, Fort Myers, Bone fracture, Death of Baby P, Traumatology, Injuries, Turcotte, Law Crime
Expert: GPs need support
Auckland :: New Zealand | 2 days ago
Credibility He's sitting in his practice at 10 o'clock on a Friday night and this child comes in with bronchiolitis [inflamed lungs]. "He listens to the chest and notices the child's got two or three bruises on their chest, which is an unusual place...Dr Kelly said...
Tags: Dr Kelly, child abuse, New Zealand, Auckland, Doctor, Death of Baby P, Child Youth and Family, Abuse, Social Issues
Baby succumbs to head injuries
Lancaster :: CA :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility After lingering near death since Halloween, a 4-month-old infant died Wednesday night of head and brain injuries attributed to abuse. The infant, Bryson Mershon, died of multiple "nonaccidental injuries" at 6:21 p.m. Wednesday at Nationwide Children's...
Tags: Lancaster, Law Crime, Child abuse, Infancy, Social Issues
Multiple child abuse arrests in NT community
Sydney :: Australia | 3 days ago
Credibility The arrests by the Joint Child Abuse Task Force have taken place over the past 10 months, but police have only issued a statement about the arrests today. They say the crimes the men have been charged with are unrelated. The name of the community in which...
Tags: child abuse, Australia, Sydney, Sex scandals, Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal, Family therapy, Crimes, Law Crime, Social Issues
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