$25.00
Course Expiration
Once you register you have up to one year to complete the course.
Course Description
Failure to report elder or dependent adult abuse in long-term health care facilities is a crime. To ensure that administrators and staff in long term care facilities are properly trained in recognizing and reporting elder and dependent adult abuse, California law Welfare and Institution Code Section 1502 requires all community care facilities to provide training to all staff in recognizing and reporting abuse.
The objectives of the course are:
Learn who is a mandated reporter
Learn what are your legal responsibilities as a mandated reporter
Learn what are the reporting exemptions
Learn to identify the different types of abuse:
Physical
Financial
Psychological
Additional Components of Abuse
Learn how reports of abuse are investigated
Learn how to report and guidelines for physical abuse
Learn the penalties for not reporting and protections for reporters
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Medication Compliance
Intellectual Disability
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HIV AIDS TB
Laws and Regs
As the brain deteriorates in dementia, challenging behaviors often appear. These behaviors range from problematic to inappropriate to aggressive
Courses:
Opioid and Prescription Drug Abuse
Medical Marijuana
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Bed bugs are looking for a blood meal and may appear in any home at any time. Unfortunately, the presence of bed bugs in residential settings is a common problem.
Courses:
Laws and Regs
Approved Dementia Courses
Person-centered planning is a process-oriented approach to empowering people with disability labels. It focuses on the people and their needs by putting them in charge of defining the direction for their lives, not on the systems that may or may not be available to serve them.
