Quiz 5 Flashcards
Related statutes to defining elder mistreatment. 49 states and the district of Columbia have enacted this.
This is responsible for investigating reports of mistreatment to elderly persons living in private residence
Adult protective services
The federal definitions of elder abuse neglect and exploitation.
Older Americans act
Intentional action that cause harm or create a serious risk of harm whether or not intended to a vulnerable elder by caregiver or other person who stands in a trusted relationship to the elder.
Failure by caregiver to satisfy the elders basic needs or to protect the elder from harm.
Elder abuse or elder mistreatment
They use of physical force that may result in bodily injury physical pain or impairment. such acts of violence such as as striking hitting beating pushing shoving shaking slapping kicking pinching and burning. Additionally inappropriate use of drugs and physical restraint force feeding and physical punishment of any kind.
Physical abuse
The infliction of anguish pain or distress through verbal or nonverbal acts. This includes verbal assaults insults and threats intimidation humiliation and harassment. In addition treating an older person like an infant isolating an elderly person from his or her family friends or regular activities giving an older person the silent treatment and enforced social isolation.
Emotional or psychological abuse
Non-consensual sexual act of any kind with an elderly person. Sexual contact with any person incapable of giving consent. This includes unwanted touching all types of sexual assault or battery such as rape sodomy coerced nudity and sexually explicit photographing
Sexual abuse
The illegal or improper use of an elder funds property or assets. This includes cashing in elderly persons check without authorization or permission forging an older person’s signature misusing or stealing older persons money or possessions coercing or decieving an older person into signing a document and the improper use of conservatorship guardianship or power of attorney
Financial or material exploitation
The right to control another’s finances on his or her behalf often when the other person is incapacitated or unable to make decisions for him or herself
Conservatorship
The right to make business or legal decisions on another’s behalf for either a specific issue or specific period of time
Power of attorney
This allows one to make healthcare decisions on behalf of another
Health care power of attorney
The refusal or failure to fill any part of a persons obligations or duties to an elder. This includes failure of a person who has responsibilities to provide care for an elder or the failure on the part of an in-home service provider to provide necessary care. This means the refusal or failure to provide an elderly person with such life necessities as food water clothing shelter personal hygiene medicine comfort personal safety and other essentials included in an implied or agreed-upon responsibility to an elder.
Neglect
The dispersion of an elderly person by an individual who has assumed responsibility for providing care for an elder or by a person with physical custody of an elder
Abandonment
The behavior of an elderly person that threatens his or her own health or safety. This is seen if an older person has a refusal or failure to provide himself or herself with adequate food water clothing shelter personal hygiene medication and safety precautions.
Self neglect
This theory assumes that the abusers intra-individual problems require mental health treatment
Pathology Theory
This theory attributes of use to learned behavior in which the adult abuse or was Mistreated as a child and now is retaliating with similar behaviors
Theory of transgenerational violence
This theory that all social interaction between persons involve rewards and punishments. In the case of elder abuse the victim is dependent on the abuser for care ward however the abuser does not feel that the victim reciprocates with equal rewards and thus withholds care or punishes the victim.
Social exchange theory
This theory suggested that caregiver stress and excessive demands may cause the caregiver to ultimately lash out even though this theory has been disapproved by research
Situational model
This theory places responsibility on socio-cultural attitudes toward the elderly and the lack of resources with in the community.
Feminist theory
This theory combines the human ecological perspective with the life course perspective thus addressing the various systems as they influence and are influenced by human behavior over time
Applied ecological framework
This term is the result of a group of individuals being shunned from mainstream society. This is the ultimate prejudice the last discrimination the cruelest rejection
Ageism
This assist in determining that the lethality of the situation in which the elder person is living in the present and for the future
Risk assessment
These identify abused elders and their present risk for abuse
Screening tools
These determine future risk of abuse
Assessment instruments
This serves the purpose of collecting information including marriage length and stability previous relationships caregiver burden coping mechanisms alcohol consumption and intergenerational living arrangements
Bio psycho social interviews
These teams usually consist of social workers pharmacist physicians nurses law enforcement officers substance abuse counselors occupational therapist psychiatrist gerontologist and mental health professionals
Multidisciplinary teams
This is responsible for investigating complaints on abuse to elderly person residing in institutions
Long term care ombudsman
Authorities can take action as if they were the parents of the victim and in the best interest of the child
Parents patriae
A hearing to consider an elderly person incapacitated
Guardianship hearing
A person taking care of an older adult
Caregiver
This requires professionals to integrate data on many issues of a persons life including their potential neuropsychiatric illness living situation financial management treatment consent and testamentary capacity
Capacity assessment
A persons autonomy
Self-determination
This model is based on self-determination engagement of clients. The stages include the following assess for life-threatening danger, establish an emotional connection with the person in crisis, identify major problems in priority order, use verbal and nonverbal counseling skills, identify alternative coping strategies, develop and implement a service plan, follow up
Roberts seven stage crisis intervention model
This can help change distorted thinking as well as reduce anger and depression however this type of therapy is not effective for individuals with cognitive impairment
Cognitive behavioral therapy
This therapy assist with increasing victims low self-esteem, facilitating their autonomy and producing empowerment
Person centered therapy
This therapy focusing on collaboration between Mistreated elders and social workers
Cognitive analytic therapy
Interventions that prevent the development of psychological social and or physical outcomes
Prevention
This is targeted at the general population and it seeks to be proactive by strengthening and individuals ability to cope with issues and provide services such as public awareness campaigns educational programs and family support
Primary prevention
This target individuals and families who are either at risk or in the initial stages of experiencing problems by providing services such as substance-abuse treatment home visitation healthcare screening and respite care
Secondary prevention
This target individuals and families who are experiencing more intense levels of the problem and provide services such as intensive family preservation mental health counseling shelters prosecution of perpetrators and rehabilitative programs the aim of the services are to preclude further damage and reoccurrence of the symptoms
Tertiary prevention
Strategies that address the entire population with out regard to risk
Universal
strategies that target populations considered at heightened risk for violence
Selective
Prevention efforts seem to intervene with those who have already demonstrated violent behavior
Indicated
Categories included: Public awareness, skills-based curricula for children, Parent education programs and groups, Home visitation, respite and crisis care, Family resources Center
Prevention programs for children
These campaigns can increase the public understanding about family violence and means to prevent it
Public awareness
This can include child friendly and engaging materials and media such as workshops puppet shows films and workbooks
Skill-based curriculum for children
These provide information support mentoring and self-help for future expecting and present parents
Parent education programs
These provide parents with an opportunity to have time away from potentially volatile situations and to receive referrals and case management services
Respite and crisis care programs and family resources Center
These use mass communication and information technology to prevent child maltreatment
Public health campaigns
This is required to measure the effectiveness and efficiency with which prevention programs achieve their goals that’s providing an evidence-based with which to justify their continued usage need for revision or discontinuance
Program evaluation
