RDHAP Law and Ethics Exam Prep

RDHAP Law and Ethics Exam Prep (Latest 2024 / 2025 Update) Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct

Question:

Imminent Danger

Answer:

Substantial probability that an elder or dependent adult is in imminent or immediate risk of death or serious physical harm, through either his/her own action/inaction, or as a result of the action/inaction of another person

Question:

Long-Term Care Facility

Answer:

• Any long-term health care facility
• Any community care facility whether licensed or unlicensed
• Any swing bed in an acute care facility, or any extended care facility
• Any adult day health care facility
• Any residential care facility for the elderly
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Question:

Mental Suffering

Answer:

Fear, agitation, confusion, severe depression, or other forms of serious emotional distress that is brought about by forms of intimidating behavior, threats, harassment, or by deceptive acts performed or false or misleading statements made with malicious intent to agitate, confuse, frighten, or cause severe depression or serious emotional distress of the elder or dependent adult.

Question:

Elder Neglect

Answer:

• Failure of any person having the care or custody of an elder/dependent

adult to exercise that degree of care that a reasonable person in a like position would exercise

• Failure to assist in personal hygiene or in the provision of food, clothing, or

shelter

• Failure to provide medical care for physical or mental health needs
• Failure to protect from health and safety hazards
• Failure to prevent malnutrition or dehydration
• Failure of an elder or dependent adult to satisfy the needs for

himself/herself as a result of poor cognitive functioning, mental limitation, substance abuse, or chronic poor health.

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Question:

Patients' Rights Advocate

Answer:

Person who has no direct or indirect clinical or administrative responsibility for the patient, and who is responsible for ensuring that laws, regulations, and policies on the rights of the patients are observed

Question:

Physical Abuse

Answer:

Assault, battery, unreasonable physical constraint, sexual assault/battery, rape, incest, sodomy, oral copulation, sexual penetration, for punishment

Question:

Elder Mandated Reporting

Answer:

• If results in serious bodily injury, must report within two hours of

observation, obtaining knowledge of, or suspecting the physical abuse, and a written report shall e made to the local ombudsman, the corresponding licensing agency, and the local law enforcement agency within two hours of the observation, etc

• If not serious bodily injury, must report to local law enforcement agency

within 24 hours of observation, obtaining knowledge of,or suspecting abuse, and a written report shall be made to local ombudsman, the corresponding licensing agency, and the local law enforcement agency within 24 hours of observation, etc.

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