General legal standards for elder abuse reporting are provided, along with ethical guidelines from the APA Ethics Code. Important considerations are discussed in tandem with three fictional vignettes illustrating examples of suspected elder abuse that professional psychologists may more commonly confront in ...
der abuse reporting Measuring elder trust in the courts and police: Implications for elder abuse reportingMeasuring elder trust in the courts and police: Implications for elder abuse reportingHamm, JosephWylie, Lindsey EBrank, EveTomkins, Alan
New billboard designedto help end elder abuse ; Wyoming is a mandatory reporting state, which means anyone with reason to suspect abuse or neglect of another person is required, by law, to report it. Call law enforcement or 1-800-457-3659 to report the crime....
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Reporting elder abuse: voluntary or mandatory.Silva, T W
The article examines penalties for failing to report incidence of elder abuse as well as for creating false reports under the adult protective services (APS) laws in the U.S. It presents an overview of recognized types of elder abuse and points out some differences in state statutory ...
The ethics of mandatory elder abuse reporting statutes are analyzed in terms of beneficence, autonomy, and nonmaleficence. The statutes, based on the ethical principle of beneficence, are now the law in 37 states. However, evidence to support that the statutes actually fulfill rules derived ...
Failing to Report and False Reporting of Elder Abuse: Penalties Under State Adult Protective Services LawsRemick, LauraBifocalRemick, L. (2009). Failing to report and false reporting of elder abuse: Penalties under state adult pro- tective services laws. Bifocal, 31, 1-13....
Despite evidence that elder abuse is a growing problem, there is little known about the phenomenon because of persistent limitations in the extant empirical work. The present study examined a large cross-national sample of reported incidents (n = 87,422) collected as part of the National ...
Elder abuseDetectionReportingAttitudesKnowledgeOrthopedistsEuropean Geriatric Medicine - The aim of the study is to explore the associations between orthopedists' knowledge level and their attitudes and the detection and reporting practices of elder......