ABUSE
Disparaging and derogatory terms within hearing distance of a resident or family member.
What is verbal abuse?
Inappropriate treatment or exploitation of a resident
What is Mistreatment?
People required to make the report when they suspect a child is a victim of abuse.
What is mandated reporter?
A 98- year-old nursing home resident, faces second degree murder charges that allege she strangled and suffocated her 100- year-old roommate.
What is Resident to Resident Mistreatment?
unexplained bruises, broken bones, fading bruises
What are signs of physical abuse?
Failure to provide goods and services necessary to avoid physical harm, mental anguish, or mental illness
What is Neglect?
two word phrase that means you have enough information to think abuse could be happening.
What is resoanable suspicion or reasonable indication?
Verification of references, certifications, licenses, and criminal background check.
What are screening components?
physical, verbal, mental, emotional, and sexual.
What are types of abuse?
The source of the injury was not observed by any person, or the source of the injury could not be explained by the resident.
What is Injury of unknown origin?
For the purposes of reporting a crime resulting in serious bodily injury: means covered individual shall report immediately, but not more than...
What is 2 hours?
The desertion of an adult by caregiver
What is abandonement?
The unreasonable confinement of a resident.
What is seclusion?
The deliberate misplacement, exploitation, wrongful, temporary, or permanent use of a resident’s belongings or money without the resident’s consent.
What is Misappropriation of resident property?
means as soon as possible, but ought not to exceed 24 hours after discovery of the incident.
What is immediately?
the term is defined as an injury involving extreme physical pain, substantial risk of death,involving protracted loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member, organ, or mental faculty; or requiring medical intervention such as surgery, hospitalization, or physical rehabilitation.
What is Serious Bodily Injury?
The willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or punishment with resulting physical harm, pain or mental anguish.
What is Abuse?
Unfair treatment or use of a resident or taking advantage of a resident for personal gain through the use of manipulation, intimidation, threats or coercion.
What is Exploitation?
defined as anyone who is an owner, operator, employee, manager, agent or contractor of the facility.
What is covered individual?
The process used to determine what happened.
What is investigation?