Evidence-Based Geriatric Nursing Protocols for Best Practice. (2016) > 13 - Mistreatment Detection
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
On completion of this chapter, the reader should be able to:
Educate nurses and other health care professionals about elder mistreatment (EM)
Identify risk factors that make older adults vulnerable for mistreatment
Discuss the deleterious effects EM may have on older adults' overall health status
Provide a framework for identifying, reporting, and managing cases of EM.
Part 4 - Ensuring service quality
Chapter 14 Advocacy and consumers' rights -- Elder abuse - Addressing consumer advocacy needs -- Conflicts of interest.