Elder Abuse Flashcards
If abuse was outside the care facility:
When do you make a written report? To who?
2 business days to Police and APS
If abuse was outside the care facility:
When do you make the verbal report?
ASAP to police and Adult Protective services
Physical abuse with serious bodily injury in a long term care facility
Who do you make the verbal & written report to? Timeframe?
V: Police within 2 hrs
W: Police/local ombudsman/long term care facility licensing agency within 2 hrs
What are the 3 requirements that create an exception to reporting elder abuse?
- the therapist is not aware of any evidence that links to abuse
- with clinical judgement, the therapist does not believe the abuse did not occur
- the elder has been diagnosed w/a mental illness/dementia/is the subject of a court ordered conservatorship due to mental illness/dementia
If you have reasonable suspicion of elder abuse and the elder does not live in a care facility/state hospital, you are required to make a verbal report to…
Adult protective services within 24 hrs
If abuse other than physical occurs in a long term care facility, when do you make a verbal/written report? Timeframe?
V: ASAP to police/local ombudsman
W: 2 business days
what are the 6 reportable types of abuse?
Abduction
Abandonment
Isolation
Financial
Physical
Neglect/self neglect
Who is an elder?
65+
What are the ages of an dependent adult?
18-64 yrs old
What makes a dependent adult?
- has either a disability/inability to protect themselves/can’t carry out normal activities to protect their rights
- may have physical or developmental disabilities or abilities have been diminished due to age
when an elder lives in a care facility, reasonable suspicion of elder abuse that involves serious bodily injury must be reported verbally within:
2 hours to police
Who do you make a verbal & written report to when there is no serious bodily injury in a long term facility? Timeframe?
V: Police within 24 hrs
W: to police/local ombudsman/long term care facility agency within 24 hrs
