Abuse and Neglect of Elderly and Dependent Adult Clients

Question 1

Elder Abuse

Answer 1

Mistreatment of older people 65+years and dependent adults, including physical battering, neglect, financial or other exploitation, and psychological harm.
-Abuse may be inflicted by the older person’s adult children or other relatives, legal custodians, or other care providers.

Question 2

Physical Abuse and Neglect

Answer 2

• The infliction of physical pan or injury, physical coercion, sexual abuse, and willful or unintended failure to provide needed food, clothing, and medications
• Bruises
• Welts
• Lacerations
• Punctures
• Burns
• Head injuries, missing patches of hair
• Unexplained genital infections or sexually transmitted diseases
• Weight loss
• Untreated medical conditions

Question 3

Psychological Abuse and Neglect

Answer 3

• The infliction of mental anguish, name calling, threats, and isolating and excluding from activities.
• Sleep disturbance.
• Change in eating pattern
• Unexplained weight changes.
• Depression and crying
• Loss of self-esteem
• Fearfulness or paranoia
• Confusion and disorientation
• Apathy and agitation.

Question 4

Financial Abuse

Answer 4

• The illegal or improper exploitation of use of funds or other resources
• Lack of food, complaints of hunger.
• Inability to pay bills, utilities being turned off.
• Overinvolvement of family members in financial affairs.
• Refusal to pay for services even when finances appear adequate.
• Unexplained withdrawls from bank account or reports of being taken to bank by caregiver.

Question 5

social isoloation

Answer 5

is a form of elderly and dependent adult abuse.

Question 6

abandonment

Answer 6

a form of elderly and dependent adult abuse. Report

Question 7

What are the three phases on the cycle of violence

Answer 7

Tension Building: Is the longest phase.
Minor incidents of physical/emotional abuse. Victim feels growing tension. Victim tries to control situation to avoid violence. Walking on eggshells, victim cannot control abuser.

Explosion/Crisis Phase: The actual abuse phase:
physical, sexual, emotional, verbal, etc.

Honeymoon Phase:
Abuser is sorry, apologetic, and may display regret. Abuser makes promises and may say it won’t happen again. This phase often disappears.

Question 8

What is one of the first things you do with DV

Answer 8

create a safety plan with the client- includes DV shelters.

Question 9

If a clt reports fearfulness of partner or states partner is controlling or jealous.

Answer 9

Next step is ask if there is DV at home.