Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome

    • Identifying, Reporting and Responding to Abuse of Older People in Care
  • 2

    Identifying, Reporting and Responding to Abuse of Older People in Care

    • Abuse of older people in Australia

    • QUIZ: Abuse of an older person

    • Prevalence of abuse

    • ASSESSMENT: Abuse of an older person
  • 3

    Types of abuse

    • Forms of abuse

    • Types of abuse

    • Assessment: Types of abuse
  • 4

    Reporting Abuse

    • New safeguards

    • Reportable Assaults

    • Reporting in your organisation

    • Assessment: reporting abuse
  • 5

    Roles and Responsibilities

    • Roles and responsibilities

    • QUIZ: Identify responsibilities

    • Assessment: roles and responsibilities
  • 6

    Barriers to reporting and protection for staff

    • What prevents older people from reporting?

    • Protection for staff

    • Assessment: Barriers to reporting and protection for staff
  • 7

    Preventing abuse of older people

    • Preventing abuse of older people in the community

    • Assessment: Preventing abuse of older people
  • 8

    Actions to take

    • What to do if there is an immediate threat

    • Alleged abuse case study

    • Assessment: Actions to take