This module reviews the topic of 'abuse' of seniors in terms of acts of commission, omission and neglect as related to Human Rights theory and praxis. The various types of abuse are described and exemplified; these include: physical, sexual, psychological and financial abuse. Students are instructed in the signs of abuse of older persons, and its most frequent sources. There is careful exploration of the possible roles and responsibilities of financial services professionals , legal considerations and our privacy legislation is discussed if/when senior abuse is known or suspected. This difficult area is discussed in terms of both legal and moral/ethical issues.
You will notice that the video lectures may refer to statistics to reinforce a teaching point. Some of these statistics are from research conducted in the past years. In a number of instances, the research study has not been redone if the trend studied has evidenced no material change. In other circumstances, the statistics may have changed slightly, and we have then included these in the document entitled UPDATED STATS AND FACTS -- so make sure you check these out if they listed in the Resource Material section.Step 1: RESOURCE MATERIAL. Click Below to download and review support material:
Abuse Neglect and Exploitation of Older Adults – Core Concepts
UPDATED STATS AND FACTS: Abuse and Neglect
Step 2: FEATURE COURSE PRESENTATION: Click on ‘Launch‘ to load the module presentation:
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QUIZ INSTRUCTIONS
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5 questions associated with this module will be downloaded.
You must receive a score of at least 75% (4/5 questions answered correctly) to successfully complete this module.
If you do not achieve a score of 75% with your first try, don't worry, as you will be given the opportunity to retry the quiz, and another set of 5 questions will be made available to you.
Since the questions are selected randomly from a pool of questions, some of the questions may or may not be the same as the previous quiz.
You will notice that once you have completed a question, the correct answer will be highlighted in green, and any incorrect selection that was made will be highlighted in pink.
QUIZ TIPS
- Although we wanted to create reasonably challenging questions, we did not intend to create 'trick' questions. If it feels like a trick question to you -- please re-read the question carefully and ask yourself what fact or concept is being questioned.
- This is NOT a timed quiz. Take all the time you need to consider the question and make your best selection.
- Be attentive to questions asking which statement is NOT correct, or if all statements are correct EXCEPT.
- If you have read the question carefully, your first impression of the correct answer is usually the right choice to make.
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