Elder abuse - Reporting elder abuse in aged care

Course Overview

This course provides all the information required to enable managers and employees of residential aged care facilities to meet their legal and ethical obligations to report reportable assaults of residents.

This course has been written by healthcare content experts, has been reviewed by a lawyer and has been peer reviewed.

Target Audience

Nurses, aged care workers and managers

Learning Objectives

This course provides the all necessary teaching to enable managers and employees to understand their legal duty to report suspicions or allegations of assault or when a resident is missing.

At the end of this course, participants will:

1. Understand the relevant parts of legislation relating to the duty to report
2. Understand what the duties of an employee of a residential aged care facility are in respect to reporting sexual assault and unreasonable use of force 
3. Know when a report must be made in respect to a resident who is absent without explanation
4. Understand the relevant duties of employers providing residential aged care services
5. Know how to make a report
6. Understand the protections provided to people making a report

Business Outcomes

This course will meet requirements to provide training on when and how to make a report of elder abuse.

This course may be used by providers to demonstrate evidence of workforce training that is consistent with the NSQHS Standards, Standard 1: Clinical governance - Patient safety and quality systems.

This course may be used by providers to demonstrate evidence of workforce training that is consistent with the ACQS Standards, Standard 8: Organisational governance.