Elder abuse: Identifying and responding
What you'll learn
- The common causes of elder abuse.
- The different types of elder abuse.
- Common risk factors for elder abuse.
- How to respond appropriately when identifying elder abuse.
- How to provide appropriate support to people experiencing elder abuse.
- Inititives that may help reduce the incidence of elder abuse.
Course Overview:
It is estimated that 2–10% of older people experience elder abuse annually. Those providing care to older people may be the first to recognise or suspect elder abuse. Confusion about the role of the healthcare worker or lack of confidence in knowing how to appropriately respond can lead to individuals never being offered support to address their circumstances.
This comprehensive course provides training on how to identify and appropriately respond to elder abuse. It discusses the principles that underpin prevention and response strategies. It identifies some of the reasons the rate of elder abuse is likely to increase and some of the initiatives being taken to counter the prevalence of elder abuse.
This course uses interactive case based scenarios to support learning.
This course will meet a requirement to undertake training on vulnerable people and/or elder abuse.
This course has been written by healthcare content experts and has been peer reviewed.
Target Audience
Nurses and managers
Business Case
This course will meet requirements to provide training on vulnerable people and elder abuse.
This course may be used by providers to demonstrate evidence of workforce training that is consistent with the NSQHS Standards, Standard 5: Comprehensive Care.
This course may be used by providers to demonstrate evidence of workforce training that is consistent with the ACQS Standards, Standard 3: Personal care and clinical care.
