Abuse/ Burnout Flashcards
What is Family Care Givers Alliance?
Resource for practitioners via assessment tools that determine CG burden (physical, emotional, social/financial/family strain, perception of recipient as provocation, self)
Intentional actions cause harm or create serious risk of harm (whether or not harm is intended) to vulnerable elder by caregiver or other person who stands in a trust relationship to the elder
Elder Mistreatment
What is the most common perpetrator of elder abuse?
adult children
Risk factors of elder abuse
Female Limited support systems Restricted independence Decreased physical, psychological & economic reserves Stressed CG
Intentional failure to provide care by CG
Active neglect
inadequate knowledge or infirmity CG leads to non-willful neglect
passive neglect
by choice/recipient or diminished capacity/recipient or CG
behavior that threatens one’s own health or safety
Self-neglect
Check cashing without knowledge Forged signature on checks Add name to bank account Deceit that leads elder to sign document/application Steal ATM/credit cards
Abuse of conservatorship
Signs of Elder Abuse at Skilled nursing facility
Unexplained injuries or bruises Over/under medicated Dehydration, malnutrition Pressure sores Fractures Living conditions unsanitary Unexpected death
exploitation of or inattention to a person’s possessions or funds.
Financial abuse
- theft of cash or personal property, forced contracts, misuse of income or other financial resources
Material abuse
deprivation of any inalienable right such as voting, assembly, speech, privacy, personal liberty
Violation of rights
A history of violence in a relationship (particularly between spouses) and outside the family may predict elder abuse.
Intergenerational transmission of violence
What is a caregiver in a sandwich generation?
Caring for growing children and their aging parents
What labs are important for detection of abuse?
electrolytes, albumin, drug levels1
What can patients do to prevent abuse?
Maintain social relationships
Increase social and community contacts
Seek legal advice before signing documents regarding living or financial situations
Designed for practitioners to:
increase awareness of family caregivers and at-risk populations
help develop a caregiver assessment to use in practice setting
Caregivers Count Too! Toolkit
What are situational solutions for caregivers?
Ask for help Find an adult day care program Stay healthy, utilize stress reduction practices Seek counseling for depression Find a support group
Who do you contact suspect elder abuse?
National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA)
Adult Protective Services
