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Consent To Treatment Required No treatment unless: a. Health Practitioner (HP) of opinion person CAPABLE in respect to treatment and person has consented, or b. HP of opinion that person INCAPABLE in respect to treatment and SDM gives consent. c. if Consent and Capacity Board or...

  In Hand has been devised to support health and social service practitioners in their ethical reflection leading to decision-making during the intervention process in a senior abuse situation. It can be used at various points during the intervention process, as often as necessary as the situation develops.

What Is Income Tax? • Income tax is money that you pay to the government from your earnings. Your employer deducts income tax from your pay and gives it to the government. • The rate of tax you pay depends on how much money you make. The less income you make, the less income tax you pay the government.

WHAT ARE MEDICATION UTILIZATION PROBLEMS AMONG THE ELDERLY? A useful model for understanding potential medication problems for elderly patients is reviewed in a series of guidelines contained in the Drug-related Problems Model. • The patient has a medical condition for which a...

SENIORS DESERVE TO LIVE WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT Abuse and neglect of an older person is any action or inaction by any person that causes harm to an older person. What To Do Acknowledge - Suspicion of abuse may develop over time. Accumulate and document evidence. Barriers - Fear...

These elements of a Coordinated Community Response have been identified as a result of more than fifteen years of experience with capacity building to address abuse in BC. Since 1995 more than 70 BC communities have been invited to develop networks and undertake activities to work toward a Coordinated...

What Is This Information Booklet About? This information booklet is for older women who feel uncomfortable or unsafe in their home because they are being treated badly by someone who lives or visits there. The information will help you decide: if what you are experiencing is abuse,...

  1 IS MY PATIENT AT RISK FOR DEPRESSION?

Power of Attorney is a legal document that gives another person the power, or right, to make decisions for you. The person you authorize to make decisions for you is called the attorney. The attorney should be someone you trust and does not need to be a lawyer. • In Ontario, there are...

WHY AGE SPECIFIC APPROACHES TO MANAGING SUBSTANCE USE Substance Use • Many older adults begin to have problems with their substance use during times of transition or loss (e.g. forced retirement, bereavement, new or escalating health concerns, loss of independence) • Their relationship...

  For early intervention to be possible, intake workers must always be alert to the possibility of abuse. They have to make a quick decision on the likelihood of abuse even at first contact. This first contact may be on the phone and may be brief, which is why it is particularly important to have a quick and easy screening method for case identification.

What is Credit? • Credit refers to money that is loaned to you for a cost (interest). • There are many different types of credit, including car loans, bank loans, mortgage loans, credit cards, and loans from friends and family. • Make sure you can afford to pay back the money and interest.

The following is the updated/revised version of the broad conceptual definition of mistreatment that was developed by participants in the Defining and Measuring Elder Abuse (DMEA) Definition Consensus workshop: “Mistreatment of older adults refers to actions/behaviours or lack of actions/behaviours...