Mass Psychology Jurisprudence
Exam Study Guide (2024/2025),
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Chapter 19A - ANS ✔Department of elder affairs
Abuse - ANS ✔An act or omission which results in serious physical or
emotional injury to an elderly person or financial exploitation of an elderly
person; or the failure, inability, or resistance of an elderly person to
provide for him one or more of the necessities essential for physical and
emotional well-being without which the elderly person would be unable to
safely remain in the community.
Exceptions to abuse - ANS ✔tenets and teachings of the church or
religious denomination by a duly accredited practitioner thereof.
Definition of "Elderly person" - ANS ✔an individual who is sixty years of
age or over
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Definition of "Emergency" for elder abuse - ANS ✔A situation in which
an elderly person is living in conditions which present a substantial risk of
death or immediate and serious physical or mental harm.
Definition of "Guardian" of elderly - ANS ✔a person who has qualified as
a guardian of an elderly person pursuant to chapter two hundred and one,
but shall not include a guardian ad litem
Timeline for reporting abuse - ANS ✔1) Immediately make a verbal
report
2) Within 48 hours make a written report
Who makes a report in a corporation or agency - ANS ✔The worker
reports to the executive director, then the executive director reports
verbally and in writing.
When is the reporter liable - ANS ✔If the reporter was the perpetrator of
abuse or inflicted or caused abuse.
Authorized activities of protective services agencies - ANS ✔1) receive
and investigate reports
2) to furnish protective services WITH person's consent
3) to petition the court for appointment of a conservator or guardian
or for issuance of an emergency order
Mass Psychology Jurisprudence Exam Study Guide
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