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The focus has never been greater on Elder Abuse, and community expectations demand much better detection, protection, and response from the nursing community.
As a health care worker providing care or services to older people living in residential or home care, nurses are required to practice in accordance with the Aged Care Quality Standards.
This new online course, from health care training providers Healthcare Link, aligns to Standard 8 of the Quality Aged Care Standards, and is relevant to all health care for older people.
The curriculum is endorsed by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation.
On completion of the course, healthcare workers will be able to:
understand and describe what is meant by elder abuse
identify older people at risk for elder abuse
discuss specific issues for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) older people
list the most common types of elder abuse
outline possible signs or indicators of elder abuse
list the risk factors for elder abuse
outline protective factors
know how to report elder abuse in all its forms.