Mistreatment

Question 1

intentional actions that cause harm or create serious risk of harm to vulnerable elder by caregiver or other person who stands in a trust relationship to elder

Answer 1

mistreatment

Question 2

failure by caregiver to satisfy elder’s basic needs or to protect elder from harm

Answer 2

mistreatment

Question 3

forms of mistreatment

Answer 3

physical/psycological abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, abandonment.

Question 4

Risk factors for mistreatment

Answer 4

poverty, dependency, age, race, disability, frailty, cognitive impairment

Question 5

Identifying ____ can prevent mistreatment

Answer 5

caregiver stress

Question 6

Effective assessment of mistreatment detects it w/o _____

Answer 6

placing undue suspicion on well meaning caregivers or undermining family’s ability to care for older adult w/ appropriate support and counseling.

Question 7

Signs of possible mistreatment

Answer 7

inappropriate, soiled clothing, poor hygiene, deficient nutritional status, compromised skin integrity

Question 8

Other signs of physical mistreatment

Answer 8

anxiety or nervousness w/ caregiver
bruises, welts, fractures
cigarette, rope, chain, chemical burns
unexplained falls

Question 9

signs of psychologic abuse

Answer 9

depression, lack of adherence to treatment, impaitience from caregiver
frequently cancelled appointments

Question 10

Neglect signs

Answer 10

depression, dehydration, diarrhea
failure to respond to warning of obvious dz
malnutrition
poor hygiene, pressure ulcers, repeated hospital admissions

Question 11

abandonment signs

Answer 11

pt left alone w/o adequate arrangements for care

Question 12

unauthorized use of older adult’s funds, possessions or property

Answer 12

financial exploitation

Question 13

failure to use older adult’s funds and resources to provide for their needs

Answer 13

fiscal neglect

Question 14

RF for self neglect

Answer 14

lower levels of social networking and social engagement

Question 15

institutional mistreatment aggravated by

Answer 15

poor working conditions, low salaries, inadequate staff training and supervision, prejudice, insulting behavior

Question 16

State’s _____ can provide direct assistance

Answer 16

Adult Protective Services

Question 17

Patient w/ AD who lives in nursing home gets a zygomatic fracture w/ no hx of fall. Physical abuse most likely caused by ___

Answer 17

another resident

Question 18

Most common form of abuse according to surveys

Answer 18

Abandonment

Question 19

Physical neglect/self-neglect is most common reason older people are referred to adult protective services. T/F

Answer 19

true