The Registered Nurses Association of
Ontario (RNAO) recently unveiled 22
recommendations aimed at helping nurses and health care aides in long-term care
facilities prevent and speak about elder abuse and the neglect of older adults.
The recommendations will be part of an upcoming Best Practice Guideline
Preventing and Addressing abuse and Neglect of Older Adults: Person-Centred,
Collaborative, System-wide Approaches.
The recommendations are varied and fall under three major
categories: practice, education, and policy, organization and system.
Here are a few examples of some of the recommendations:
·
Identify the rights, priorities, needs and
preferences of the older adult with regard to lifestyle and care decisions
before determining interventions and supports.
·
All employees across all health-care
organizations that serve older adults participate in mandatory education that
raises awareness about: ageism, the rights of older adults, the types,
prevalence and signs of abuse and neglect of older adults
·
Organizations/institutions establish and support
collaborative teams to assist with preventing and addressing abuse and neglect
of older adults.
For more information and to see the full list of
recommendations, please visit: http://bit.ly/1sKtx1A.
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the latest articles, books, video and websites on Elder Abuse, please see our Current Perspective on the
topic.
1 comment:
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