The topic is Elder Abuse, a blob, video, and potash, have been evaluated pertaining to the subject to show the credibility and reliability of the sources. A blob is a website containing a writer's or group of writers' own experiences, observations, opinions, etc. , and often having images and links to other websites (Oxford Dictionaries, 2015). The blob Elder Care and Technology is written by a group of writers' in the Walton Law Firm.
The blob explains in detail the impact of modern technology on Elder Abuse.The law firm based in San Diego, California specializes in rout cases representing abused elders and their families. The Law firm can be authenticated and has been successful in prosecuting and retaining damages against nursing homes and personal care homes for years (Walton Law Firm, 2014). The blob does show some bias against people and organizations accused of elder abuse. The information in the blob is accurate and valid, because there are links to the law firm site that confirm the blobs content. The information is current and applicable to the topic of Elder Abuse.
A video is the recording, reproducing, or eradicating of moving visual images (Oxford Dictionaries, 2015). The video Elder Abuse: the Crime of the Twenty-First Century, was produced by The Stein Institute for Research on Aging. The guest speaker is Deputy District Attorney of San Diego County; Paul Greenwood J. D. Attorney Greenwood has prosecuted over four-hundred felony cases of Elder Abuse, both physical and financial. The video gives a detailed explanation of what is being done in the state of California to combat Elder Abuse.
The speaker is biased towards the prosecuting of those who mistreat the elderly. Attorney Greenwood is a valid source and the information he shares in the video is applicable to this research. The video shares information that can be found in other resources and is Just one in a series offered by The Stein Institute for Research on Aging to show the new ideas that the state of California is implementing to fight elder abuse. District Attorney Greenwood is a credible source for information because of his background in the fight against elder abuse.The video is informative and the speaker is clear and concise in his reporting of the facts. A potash is a digital audio ill made available on the internet for downloading to a computer or portable media player, typically as a series, new installments of which can be received by subscribers automatically (Oxford Dictionaries, 2015).
The New York City Elder Abuse center has a series of bedposts about Elder Justice. The center was erected in 2009 to improve professional, organizational, and system responses to elder abuse (ANNOYANCE, 2013).The most current potash in the aging series is Ageism, Elder Justice, and The Legacy Project, each potash has a guest speaker and the speaker on this potash is Professor Karl Pillager, a noted author, Director of Brotherliness's Center for Translational Research, Hazel E. Reed Professor in the Department of Human Development, Professor of Gerontology in Medicine at the We'll Cornell Medical Center, and a collaborator on the Legacy Project (Cornell University, 2015).
Professor Pillager is an expert on the issues of the elderly, and his qualified to express his opinions though somewhat biased in favor of the elderly.He uses his bias in a way that expresses the deep concern for the elderly and their treatment, which tends to sway one to favor his arguments. The potash is one in a series of valid bedposts and the information is easily applied to this research. The information can also be found in other credible sources on the internet. The information given in blobs, videos, and bedposts are great examples of web-based information.
Web-based information has a major influence on how students gather information for research, global citizenship, and multicultural understanding.Web-based information helps develop intercultural literates that students, parents, educators, and leadership groups need to live and work as a diverse and globalizes population. Web-based information gives the user awareness of the interconnectedness with people and environments around the globe (Department of Education, 2013). Web-based information is being infused in today's global history classroom curriculum to enable students to have access to the global network of multimedia information while being engaged in self-directed learning activities (Scheduled, 2003).
Web-based information influences the understanding of global citizenship and multicultural understanding, because people are able to put themselves in the position of the citizens of foreign countries, which helps them broaden their understanding of the different cultures that they meet right here in the United States, and helps us understand the complexities of ethnicity and culture (Hackling, 2012). Elder Abuse is a subject that has recently been raised by different organizations and advocates that fight for the elderly and their rights.The different blobs, videos, and bedposts, are ways that a researcher can find the relevant information they need to learn more about the subject and the policies being used to combat elder abuse. The internet is the leading source of information in society today. The information by way of blobs, videos, and bedposts are all perfect ways to get and exchange information.
The credibility and relevance of the information should be easy to prove and should always be authenticated when using these methods for research.
