State mandatory reporting of child and elder abuse: A challenge to the privacy of penitential communicationsScott, Jeffery Warren
Massachusetts law protects victims of elder abuse through its mandatory abuse reporting law and elder protective service program. PerMass.gov, mandated reporters, which include health care professionals, health aides, and social workers, must inform their local protective services agency when they see s...
Mandatory reporters in South Carolina include:Nurses; Doctors; Dentists; Optometrists; Medical examiners; Mental health professionals; Staff and volunteers at nursing homes; Law enforcement; and Certain religious practitioners.Mandatory reporters have a legal obligation to report signs of abuse. Failing to...
Health care workers noted they sometimes ignored mandatory reporting requirements, preferring to work directly with patients and families to remedy abuse. Results suggest that mandatory reporting may be a necessary but insufficient approach. Cross-agency collaboration between APS and health professionals ...
Reporting elder abuse: a medical, legal, and ethical overview. Laws on elder abuse have emerged over the recent decades, with nearly all states requiring mandatory reporting of suspected elder abuse cases. Physicians ... GS Wei,JE Herbers - 《Journal of the American Medical Womens Association》...
A description of the scales and interview methods has also been published.6 Protective Services for the Elderly in Connecticut Connecticut has the oldest mandatory elder abuse reporting law in the United States, enacted in 1978 (4 years before inception of the New Haven EPESE cohort). The law ...
If abuse is identified or suspected, a referral to Adult Protective Services is mandatory in most states. Table Signs of Elder Abuse Cognitive status should be assessed (see Examination of Mental Status). Cognitive impairment is a risk factor for elder abuse and may affect the reliability of ...
abuse of older adults is still not recognized as a social problem in many countries, and along with lack of a mandatory reporting system, this problem is often hidden and not acknowledged among professionals or in society in general. Some countries and states do have mandatory reporting of ...
SC Gibson,E Greene - 《J Elder Abuse Negl》 被引量: 11发表: 2013年 Political dynamics : impact on nurses and nursing Mandatory reporting is the method by which most states deal with the problem of elder abuse. However, the effectiveness of this approach has been the topic of little resear...
Next, Part III considers the history of elder abuse legislation in California, and delves into the reasoning behind past legislation and how the elder abuse problem has grown in recent years. Part IV explains why mandatory reporting laws in California have not been successful in stopping abuse ...