Resident Abuse, Neglect & The LawContinuing Education for Nursing Home Administrators, Social Workers and Activity Directors.
Nursing home resident may suffer physically and emotionally abuse, bedsores, broken bones and premature death resulting from staff neglecting. While most facilities provide excellent care, often understaffed , poorly trained and unpaid employees endanger the lives of their patients. This presentation reviews the legal, medical and administrative responsibility in the monitoring of residents to avoid abuse and legal litigations against facilities Objectives: 1. Discuss the forms of abuse, neglect and exploration of resident
2. Discuss federal guidelines and standards set forth in compliance related to abuse.
3. Discuss Residents Rights
4. Discuss signs and symptoms of abuse
5. Discuss laws protecting residents in the event of abuse
6. Discuss recent studies performed on nursing home abuse
7. Discuss techniques to prevent abuse. |
Contact HoursCost $125.00
Participants Must attend entire workshop in order to receive a certificate. and continuing Education credits. This educational offering has been submitted and approved by the National continuing Education Review by NCERS of the National Association of Boards of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators ( NAB) and approved for 6 clock hours PG # 1292005-20714-5 This educational offering has been approved by the Boards of Licensing For Social Workers for
5 hours PG Approval # CS-3399 This Educational offering has been submitted for Activity Directory NAACP for 6.5 hours Approval PG # 25271-06 |
