Elderly
A person 18 or older whose ability to perform the everyday activities of daily living or to provide for their own care or protection is impaired
Vulnerable Adult
A juvenile younger than ______ years of age may not be arrested or charged unless the violation is a forcible felony or a third-degree felony of burglary or trespassing with burglary tools.
Seven
a person does not have a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence
Homeless
a functional limitation that affects one or more of a person’s limbs
physical or mobility impairment
a physiological condition that causes a person to have difficulty in producing sound or understandable language
speech impairment
statutory chapter that defines an elderly person
825
If you believe a child is a runaway, take the child into protective custody and contact
Parent or legal guardian
when a person who is homeless requests or needs assistance you should treat them with
Dignity and Respect
This “act” provides several options for you to take a person into protective custody or to deliver them to a treatment facility.
Marchman Act
….a disability that manifests before the age of 18, constitutes a substantial handicap, and continues indefinitely.
developmental disability
Two common causes of memory loss in an elderly person.
Dementia and Alzheimer’s
They might have a high level of weapons or defensive tactics training due to their prior military service
Veterans
Civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in
ADA
Any degree of hearing loss
Hearing impairment
Types of developmental disabilities that are lifelong conditions
Intellectual disabilities
provides direct services to the elderly through its Division of Statewide Community-Based Services.
Department of Elder Affairs
TBI
Traumatic Brain Injury
a person 18 years of age or older who suffers from a condition of physical or mental incapacitation due to a developmental disability,
disabled adult
overwhelmingly comprised of young males between the ages of 13 and 23
Florida gangs
ASD
Autism spectrum disorder
(800) 96-ELDER
Florida Elder Help Line
To increase your odds of obtaining the person’s cooperation and achieving your success, try to gain their
Trust
people who live in places not meant for human habitation
Unsheltered Homelessness
•True or False
If a person who has a hearing impairment requests a sign-language interpreter during a Miranda situation, you may not continue to question them until the interpreter appears
True
an impairment of the mental or emotional processes that exercise the conscious control of one’s actions.
mental illness