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Question #1
Voluntary reporting is allowed for suspected abuse, neglect, exploitation or abandonment of anyone 60 years or older in the state.
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Question #2
Mandatory reporting is required for employees and administrators of long term care facilities if they suspect abuse of recipients of care only age 60 plus as identified under the OAPSA.
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Question #3
Personnel or agents of Department of Aging, Department of Health or Department of Public Welfare who have cause to believe that the criminal act of omission (neglect of care-dependent person) has been or is being perpetrated must report to law enforcement or the Pennsylvania Attorney General.
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Question #4
Mary Lewis, an Ombudsman for an area agency on aging is visiting a nursing home resident. As she is leaving, she notices that a resident is lying in a bed next door with a foul smell coming from the room. She enters the room and sees a woman lying in a bed with a strong smell of urine and with bed sores visible on her elbows and her neck. Mary is obliged to report this to the local police.
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Question #5
Mike Street, 72 years old, comes to the Brightside Adult Day Care Center three times a week. One Monday, he shows up with bruises on his arms and hands. When asked what happened, Mike doesn't respond. The staff at the Center calls the area agency on aging, the local police and the Pennsylvania Department of Aging. This person correctly followed the reporting procedures.
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Question #6
Carol James is providing home health services to Ms. Write. Ms. Write one day doesn't want Carol to bathe her. Upon the next visit the same behavior is exhibited by Ms. Write who now complains of pain in her vaginal area. Carol James notes Ms. Write's comments in her case log but does not notify a supervisor or anyone else of Ms. Write's resistance to bathing and her complaint about vaginal pain. Ms. Write is admitted to the hospital and is found to have been sexually assaulted. Carol James should have filed a report.
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Question #7
Nancy Note has worked at the Heavenly Haven Personal Care Home for two years and doesn't get along with Tod Toe who also works there. Nancy Note makes a call to the ombudsman at the area agency on aging that Mr. Toe has been stealing funds from the residents' accounts. The allegation is investigated and no wrongdoing is found. Ms. Note is given protection from retaliation and immunity from civil or criminal liability under this Act.
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Question #8
A Pennsylvania couple in their early seventies are spending the winter with family in Florida and are financially exploited by their son. They are covered under OAPSA.
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Question #9
Joann More, who is 32 years old unable to live alone in the community, lives in a dom care home with Mrs. Glass along with two other adults. A fellow resident, Don Dormer begins to argue with Joann then begins to slap and push her around which Mrs. Glass witnesses and reports. Would this be a valid report of abuse that would be investigated by the area agency on aging?
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Question #10
A nurse aide in the Pine Grove Nursing Home, as she enters a resident's room, witnesses another nurse aide sexually abusing the resident. The other staff retreats. The nurse who witnessed the act verbally reports this incident to the area agency on aging, the Pennsylvania Department of Aging, the local police and to her supervisor within 24 hours. According to the ACT, she has met her obligation to report.
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Unit 2: Answers
Question #1
Voluntary reporting is allowed for suspected abuse, neglect, exploitation or abandonment of anyone 60 years or older in the state.
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Question #2
Mandatory reporting is required for employees and administrators of long term care facilities if they suspect abuse of recipients of care only age 60 plus as identified under the OAPSA.
False. Mandatory reporting is required for employees and administrators of long term care facilities if they suspect abuse of any recipient of care regardless of age. |
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Question #3
Personnel or agents of Department of Aging, Department of Health or Department of Public Welfare who have cause to believe that the criminal act of omission (neglect of care-dependent person) has been or is being perpetrated must report to law enforcement or the Pennsylvania Attorney General.
True
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Question #4
Mary Lewis, an Ombudsman for an area agency on aging is visiting a nursing home resident. As she is leaving, she notices that a resident is lying in a bed next door with a foul smell coming from the room. She enters the room and sees a woman lying in a bed with a strong smell of urine and with bed sores visible on her elbows and her neck. Mary is obliged to report this to the local police.
True. Since she is an agent of the Pennsylvania Department of Aging (works for the area agency on aging), she must report to law enforcement if they have cause to believe that the criminal act of omission defined as "neglect of care-dependent person" has been or is being perpetrated. |
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Question #5
Mike Street, 72 years old, comes to the Brightside Adult Day Care Center three times a week. One Monday, he shows up with bruises on his arms and hands. When asked what happened, Mike doesn't respond. The staff at the Center calls the area agency on aging, the local police and the Pennsylvania Department of Aging. This person correctly followed the reporting procedures.
False. Bruises alone do not indicate serious bodily or physical injury. A call to the area agency on aging to make a report is sufficient. If the AAA has determined that the problem is serious, they will advise the caller to report to the police and to the Pennsylvania Department of Aging. |
Question #6
Carol James is providing home health services to Ms. Write. Ms. Write one day doesn't want Carol to bathe her. Upon the next visit the same behavior is exhibited by Ms. Write who now complains of pain in her vaginal area. Carol James notes Ms. Write's comments in her case log but does not notify a supervisor or anyone else of Ms. Write's resistance to bathing and her complaint about vaginal pain. Ms. Write is admitted to the hospital and is found to have been sexually assaulted. Carol James should have filed a report.
True. This could be interpreted as neglect by a caretaker. The possible sexual abuse would fall under the requirement of employees of long term care facilities to report. |
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Question #7
Nancy Note has worked at the Heavenly Haven Personal Care Home for two years and doesn't get along with Tod Toe who also works there. Nancy Note makes a call to the ombudsman at the area agency on aging that Mr. Toe has been stealing funds from the residents' accounts. The allegation is investigated and no wrongdoing is found. Ms. Note is given protection from retaliation and immunity from civil or criminal liability under this Act.
True. If, however, it can be proven that she was maliciously trying to get Mr. Toe in trouble with the facility and hoped that he would be fired, then she would not have immunity from civil or criminal liability. |
Question #8
A Pennsylvania couple in their early seventies are spending the winter with family in Florida and are financially exploited by their son. They are covered under OAPSA.
False. Pennsylvania residents in another state are not covered by OAPSA. |
Question #9
Joann More, who is 32 years old unable to live alone in the community, lives in a dom care home with Mrs. Glass along with two other adults. A fellow resident, Don Dormer begins to argue with Joann then begins to slap and push her around which Mrs. Glass witnesses and reports. Would this be a valid report of abuse that would be investigated by the area agency on aging?
True. Under the definition of a facility, Mrs. Glass' home is a Domiciliary Care Home and she is the administrator/employee. The report of abuse would be made to the area agency on aging even though Joann More is 32 because the ACT requires all reports to be made to the AAA regardless of the age of the victim. |
Question #10
A nurse aide in the Pine Grove Nursing Home, as she enters a resident's room, witnesses another nurse aide sexually abusing the resident. The other staff retreats. The nurse who witnessed the act verbally reports this incident to the area agency on aging, the Pennsylvania Department of Aging, the local police and to her supervisor within 24 hours. According to the ACT, she has met her obligation to report.
False. The verbal report to the area agency on aging, the Pennsylvania Department of Aging and to the local police is to be made immediately and, within 48 hours, a written report must be made to the area agency on aging and to the police. |
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