Week 7

Question 1

What is a risk assessment?

Answer 1

• Process of assessing client self harm or others
• Assessing likely occurrence of future events likely to impact
• Involves chance, unpredictability

Question 2

Examples of risk to self:

Answer 2

• Suicide
• Deliberate self-harm
• Self-neglect
• Accidental harm
• Absconding

Question 3

Examples risk to others:

Answer 3

• Violence
• Deliberate fire setting
• Sexual Abuse
• Risk of exploitation
• Elder Abuse

Question 4

What are the 3 risk assessment tools?

Answer 4

• Risk Screen
• Risk Assessment tool
• Events History form

Question 5

What are the 4 components of Determining risk?

Answer 5

• No Risk
• Low Risk
• Moderate Risk
• High Risk