Domestic Violence- Natural Disasters

Domestic Violence

Dangers

Health Effects

Domestic Violence can cause health effects such as brain damage, heart damage, or many other scars on the body.

Sources

Physical Violence

This type of violence occurs when an individual intentionally and harmfully makes physical contact with another person to cause injury or distress.

Sexual Violence

This type of violence occurs when an individual forces some sexual act for another person to engage in against their will.

Stalking

A person who continuously follows you against your will without you knowing to get something out of you maliciously.

Psychological aggression

This type of abuse is done mostly emotionally to harm an individual.

Elder Abuse

Usually, caregivers can give off this type of danger. Whether it’s from neglecting the individuals, not giving them the proper care, or even not giving them any food. It can also be in the form of any of the other types of violence examples stated above.

Financial Abuse

If the elderly aren’t in the right mind or at the right capacity to remember such things about their finances, some people can abuse their elders and take their funds just for their own gain.

How to Limit & Avoid Danger

Promote Healthy Relationships

By promoting the issue of domestic abuse and showing people what healthy relationships look like, people can be able to see what it’s like to actually have someone love you and what to do in a situation where you might have an argument.

Teach

Another way people will be able to know how to deal with domestic violence situations is by teaching people what to do in those situations. You can hold classes, and read books, all in order to educate and lessen the amount of violence going on in relationships.

Elder Abuse

If you see or suspect that an elderly is being abused, be sure to act fast but very casually. Try talking to the elderly to hear their thoughts on the situation, Once you get their thoughts, you can call someone (such as the National Domestic Hotline, the Institute on Aging’s Friendship Line, or Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) to come pick them up in order to take them to a safe place for help.