VA Definitions
A person 18 years old +, a resident of a facility, receives services at or from a facility that is licensed, receives services from a home care provider that is licensed
What is a Vulnerable Adult?
The Common Entry Point as of 7/1/2015.
What is MAARC?
MAARC - Minnesota Adult Abuse Reporting Center
844-880-1574
When should you complete an incident report?
(1) Emergency Care - Urgent Care, same day appointments, ER visits, 911 calls
(2) Police report made involving resident(s)
(3) VA report filed
True or False: Only the IAPP must be reviewed annually or as changes occur.
False: Both the IAPP and PAPP must be reviewed annually or as changes occur.
This is where you document this training and all others that you attend during the year.
What is the Training Record?
Conduct that is not an accident or therapeutic which does or could produce physical pain, injury, or emotional distress.
What is abuse?
Doctors, police, social workers, license holders, caregivers, etc. are all examples of...
What are Mandated Reporters?
IR should be completed as soon as possible but no more than ______ after the incident OR after you have knowledge of it.
What is 8 hours?
What are the 3 areas that the PAPP must address and identify factors that may encourage/permit abuse regarding the home?
(1) Population
(2) Physical Plant
(3) Environment
If you don't document it...
It didn't happen!
Failure to provide a VA with care or services including: food, clothing, shelter, health care, or supervision.
What is neglect?
Mandated reporters must be trained on the VA law within _______ of first providing direct contact services.
What is 72 hours?
What should providers do after completing the incident report?
Put in resident's file and send copies to the appropriate parties.
Must be posted in a PROMINENT location, not a folder, not your crawl space, not the garage...
What is the PAPP?
This plan does not have identifiable information written. Therefore, it can be posted. The IAPP has only identifiable information, so it needs to be kept in their resident file only.
True or False: If a resident is not able to independently respond to emergencies, they should not have any unsupervised time.
True.
A sudden, unforeseen, and unexpected occurrence or event which:(1) Is not likely to occur and which could not have been prevented by exercise of due care, and (2) If occurring while a VA is receiving services from a facility, happens when the facility and the caregiver in the facility are in compliance with the laws and rules relevant to the occurrence or event.
What is an accident?
WHERE to externally report maltreatment.
What is MAARC?
True or False: Providers must use the county form for incident reports.
False: Providers can use the county form or develop their own. Just make sure that it has the same information.
True or False: The IAPP is developed by the provider and can be done after the resident moves into the home.
False. The IAPP must be developed with input from and reviewed with resident and their team before or when the resident moves in.
New residents must be informed of the internal reporting procedure within ______.
What is 24 hours of admission? However, it can be 72 hours if it is a benefit to resident.
Means as soon as possible, but no longer than 24 hours from the time initial knowledge that the incident occurred has been received.
What is immediately?
The policy/procedure a resident or staff could look to see who to report possible maltreatment to internally.
What is The Internal Reporting Procedure?
Who are the appropriate parties that should receive a copy of the IR?
Case managers, guardians, licensors, and others approved by the resident.
Both the PAPP and IAPP are requirements of ...
(1) Human Services Licensing Act 245A
(2) Vulnerable Adult Rule
(3) Adult Foster Care Rule
Failure or refusal to fully comply with investigations is reasonable cause to...
Immediately suspend or revoke the license