TYPES OF ABUSE
Kicking, hitting, slapping, pinching
What is physical abuse?
Annette, Vickie, Julia, & Tia
Who are registered reporters for Bywood?
All employees who work for Bywood.
Who is a mandated reporter?
Computer program used to document medical records.
Point Click Care
Skin checks, cameras, education.
What are some things we do at Bywood to prevent abuse?
Inappropriately touching, sexual advances, watching a resident undress
What is sexual abuse
All Bywood Staff.
Who are mandated reporters?
Discipline from the employer, civil and monetary penalties.
What are repercussions of not reporting?
Risk Management
Where in PCC do I log incidents?
Background check and fingerprinting.
How do we screen new employees?
Taking a resident's valuables, misappropriating a resident's funds, taking large or expensive gifts from a resident
What is financial abuse/exploitation?
Immediately upon suspicion of abuse.
How soon should I report abuse?
Caused by the tightness of this muscle
Piriformis Syndrome
Who, what, where, when why and how.
What should be written in Risk Management about an incident?
Via telephone.
How can an employee make an anonymous report to OHFC?
Isolating a resident, asking them to wait for food or toileting, not changing a resident when asked, ignoring a resident's needs
What is neglect?
When a facility cuts your hours or fires you for reporting abuse.
What is retaliation?
Health Department Investigation
What happens to the facility of abuse isn't reported timely?
Vitals, neurological assessment, ROM, pain, blood sugar
What are things to assess after an incident.
Most recent survey, or the MDH website.
How can someone see what has been reported about the facility?
Mocking a resident, mimicking a resident's unusual speech pattern, making a resident feel embarrassed
What is emotional abuse?
Office of Health Facility Complaints, the Ombudsman and the police
What agencies can I report abuse to?
Lose their license, or be barred from working in certain facilities.
What can happen to a licensed staff person if they do not report abuse timely?
Measure bruises, rate pain, measure cuts, provide first aid, call an ambulance
What should I do if the resident is injured?
Where we talk about incidents like behaviors and falls.
What is IDT?