This act was created due to reports of poor care and abuse in long term care facilities
What is Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA)
100
The unlawful restraint of someone which affects the person's freedom of movement
What is false imprisonment
100
An advocate for residents that visits facilities and listens to residents deciding what action to take, how to resolve conflicts, and settle disputes concerning residents' health, safety, welfare and rights
What is an ombudsman
200
The intentional touching of a person without his/her consent
What is battery
200
Emotional harm caused by threatening, scaring, humiliating, intimidating, isolating, insulting or treating someone as a child
What is psychological abuse
200
Nursing assistants are now required to have a minimum of this many hours of training.
What is 75 hours
200
The separation of a person from others against the person's will
What is involuntary seclusion
200
Name, home address, e-mail address, phone number, SSN and medical records are kept here
What is Protected Health Information (PHI)
300
A threat to harm a person, resulting in a person feeling fearful that he/she will be harmed
What is assault
300
Use of spoken or written words, pictures, or gestures that threaten, embarrass or insult a person
What is verbal abuse
300
OBRA requires nursing assistants to attend a certain amount of regular in-service education to keep their skills updated. The amount is...
What is 12 hours/year
300
The purposeful failure to provide needed care, resulting in harm to a person
What is Active neglect
300
Legal documents that allow people to choose what medical care they wish to have if they are unable to make those decisions themselves.
What is Advance directives
400
Purposeful mistreatment that causes physical, mental, or emotional pain or injury to someone
What is abuse
400
Unwanted touching, unwanted exposing of oneself, or sharing of pornographic material
What is sexual abuse
400
This is a resident assessment system containing a detailed form with guidelines for assessing residents that also list what to do if a resident's problems are identified
What is a Minimum Data Set (MDS)
400
Actions, or the failure to act or provide the proper care for a resident, resulting in unintended injury.
What is negligence
400
While still alive, a person creates this outline of medical care they would want, or not want, in case he/she is unable to make those decisions themselves
What is a living will
500
Failure to provide needed care that results in physical, mental or emotional harm to someone
What is neglect
500
Improper or illegal use of a person's money, possessions, property or other assests
What is financial abuse
500
Created by OBRA, this ethical code of conduct outlines how residents must be treated while living in a facility
What is Residents' Rights
500
The unintentional failure to provide needed care, resulting in physical, mental or emotional harm to a person
What is passive neglect
500
Also known as a healthcare proxy- a signed, dated, witnessed legal document that appoints someone to make the medical decisions for a person in the event he/she is not able to do so.