Elder Abuse Rhetorical Analysis

This purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of elder abuse and neglect on victims. This essay will discuss how elder abuse and neglect affect the victims physically, emotionally, and neglect. The use of logos, pathos, and ethos will also be used in the essay. According to Dong, 2017 2 million elders experience elder abuse and neglect each year some twice or more a year, and many cases are not reported. Many confrontations of elder abuse and neglect are done in nursing homes. Some of these cases of abuse are done in these elders homes by family members.

In the first section of the article the authors discuss the definition of elder abuse. The authors began with the most common types of elder abuse which are physical and neglect. Elder

The use of logos was used in the essay by having statistical data to bag the information up to support the topic against elder abuse. For example, again according to Dong, 2017 2 million elders experience elder abuse and neglect each year some twice or more a year, and many cases are not reported. Ethos was used by the authors giving example and coming together with other professionals to prevent elder abuse. Also the use of logos gave readers techniques to use and consider if abuse is even suspected in any case. The use of pathos was also used by these health care professionals that have doctorate degrees because they use and researched to find findings to support the topic The Effects of Elder Abuse on Victims. The use of pathos can be supported by someone that may feel as though elder need to abuse because they may not like elder or may think they are mean. Or if that is not the case maybe someone that have been a victim of abuse themselves. This article also discussed the well-known types of abuse which are physical and neglects. These are two common types that most caregivers to these elder