ELDER ABUSE AND NEGLECT

As the population of individuals 65 or older increase, so has the incidence of abuse. This is hidden in public view. It is important to become more aware of the scope and many issues surrounding this sensitive topics.

                      TYPES OF ABUSE

I.Passive and active Neglect .

The caregiver fails to meet   the physical, and/ or emotional needs of the individual. With active neglect, the caregiver intentionallyfails to meet his/her obligations towards the elderly.  Passive neglect, the failure iss unintentional, this is due to caregiver overload or lack of information and knowledge. 

II. Physical Abuse : An intentional infliction of physical harm of an older person. This range from slapping to beating to excessive form of physical restraint.

III. Financial Abuse :The misuse, misappropriation or exploitation of older people material or monetary assets.

IV. Psychological Abuse : It's the intentional affliction of mental harm or psychological distress upon the older people. The abuse range from insults, verbal assaults or the threats of isolations.

V. Sexual Abuse : It consist of any sexual activity for which the older person does not consent or incapable of giving concent. (e.g. from exhbitionism to fondling to oral, anal, or sexual intercourse.

MORE DETAILS ON THE NEXT THREADS...

Thanks hun I had done a thread on this last yr and I have worked in homes that abuse was taking place
I only did a couple of shifts found one lady with her colostomy bag not on properly and she had feces from one end of her to other and you could see it had been like that for quite some time

I had reported both places to our Health Care for The Elderly and Elder Abuse ( akin toi Childrens services here ) and they went in and took action.........

MORE and more abuse goes on daily hourly as the workers are not properly trained and or they are there for the little bit of monies they get and not for the right reasons at all

Love and Empathy

THanks sweetie

California law mandates that certain individuals report known or suspected instances of elder ror dependent abuse. Failure to do so is a crime.

WHO IS MANDATED REPORTER

Any person who has full responsibility for care or custody of an elder or dependent adult, wether or not the person receives compensation, including administrators, supervisors, and any license staff of a public or private facility, health practitioner, sevices agency or local law enforcement agency is mandated reporter.

REMEMBER :

Every individual that has knowledge of an incident that appears to be abuse, must file a report. There is no penalty for filing a report; there is a significant penalty for failing to report.

I agree that this 89 year old frail lady must not be left alone in her condo.What will happen if there will be fire, she'll be burned to death, she fell down, and her daughter did nothing, so the lady now is in agony of pain...

As a mandated reporter you can report the incidents of known or suspected abuse in two ways:

* By telephone immediately, or as soon as practically possible to the local ombudsman or the local law enforcement agency. AND

* By written report to DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES in your area

These are included in your report>>>Name, adress, telephone number of person making the report
>>>Name and address of the victim
>>>The date, time, and place of the incident
>>>Other details, as required

WHO INVESTIGATE REPORTS OF ABUSE

State investigation of suspected instances oof abuse, neglect, isolation, abandonment or financial abuse are the responsibility of :
>>>The LOng-Term Care Ombudsman Program
>>>Local Law Enforcement
>>>Department of Justice, Bureau of Medi-cal Fraud and Elder Abuse

Each country has their pertaining laws and implementations regarding Elder Abuse and Neglect, and I"m sure elderly are protected in any country of this world.

ALL great input MM and M Catherine SPOT on IMHO

PLease do talk to daughter and this HAS to be reported in IMHO as well

This happens all the time and ppl do die from injuries they get from falling .......

Please do let us know what is going on

God Bless
LYN

NEEDS TO BE REPORTED.....IMHO

I implore you althought you are working for this Lady PLEASE report what has been going on
This Lady's life is at risk IMHO and has to have someone stand up for her and be the HERO if you will she cannot do it and I am saddened by all I have seen in my yrs as a nurse so PLEASE do report even though you are still working there

Keep us posted

LYN

EMAIL me if u want .....

Did this end up being reported or no

Just worried and wondering

LYN