Recognising and Responding to Elder Abuse in Residential Care Settings

Recognising and Responding to Elder Abuse in Residential Care Settings Introduction 00:00 Types of Abuse 05:00 Physical Abuse 08:52 Psychological Abuse 13:21 Financial Abuse 15:50 Sexual Abuse 19:33 Neglect 22:13 Discrimination 25:22 Institutional Abuse 28:02 Factors that may lead to Abuse 31:27 Treating Older People with Dignity and Respect 33:23 Managing Disclosures 35:42 0:00 Introduction 2:45 In a residential care facility or nursing home 5:03 What is Elder Abuse? 6:42 Clinical staff, therapists or administrative staff 6:51 Types of Abuse 7:00 Financial Abuse Sexual Abuse 9:59 Incidents of Physical Abuse 15:26 Signs of Psychological Abuse 17:49 Signs of Financial Abuse 18:01 The older person complaining of money or possessions going missing 18:22 Unexplained credit card use or withdrawals 20:41 Signs of Sexual Abuse 20:56 Bite marks or bruises on breasts, neck or face 23:34 Signs of Neglect 24:17 Abuse by Acts of Omission 25:26 Abuse By Discrimination 28:23 Institutional Abuse 30:48 Challenging working conditions 31:25 Factors that May Lead to Abuse 33:05 Often abuse happens simply because there is no impediment to stop it 33:22 Treating Older People with Dignity & Respect 35:44 Managing Disclosure 36:39 Remember that you are there as a representative of your organisation as well as a person with a duty of care 37:26 What To Do If You Witness or Suspect Abuse 37:47 Follow your organisation's protection policy 38:06 Find out what the victim wants to do but explain to them that you will need to inform your line manager 39:05 If you believe that an older person is at risk from immediate harm the Gardai need to be informed immediately 40:13 Produced by Animo Communications for the HSE