ESSENTIAL ETHICS FOR WORKING WITH OLDER ADULTS
Gain new insight and practical ways to apply ethical principles in your everyday interactions with older clients. Topics include what to do if you suspect a client is showing possible signs of cognitive impairment, how to reduce the power differential between you and your clients, and how to proactively manage the effects of magical thinking by your clients on your professional relationship.
One of today’s most critical issues is financial exploitation of older adults. There are psychological reasons behind financial abuse; recognize warning signs and symptoms of financial abuse so you can help protect your clients from becoming victims or connect them with those who can help if they have already been victimized.
Serving clients with an integrated approach – health, social and financial -- is essential to ethical conduct and requires you to have a bank of trusted professionals who display the highest levels of competence and integrity.
One of the most confusing things to many people is the ever-increasing number of professional credentials, and in particular, understanding the difference between a certification and a certificate. Learn the differences among certifications, certificates, licenses and degrees, and what accreditation means. With this knowledge, you can have increased confidence in the referrals you give your clients and in building your own professional network.
Working with Older Adults Certificate Program
HEALTH TRANSITIONS AS PEOPLE GROW OLDER
- Chapter 24: Practical, Everyday Ethics in Serving Older Clients
- Chapter 25: Protecting Older Adults from Financial Exploitation
- Chapter 26: Finding Qualified Financial Resources
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Chapter 24: Practical, Everyday Ethics in Serving Older Clients
· Identify the requirements for legitimate informed consent.
· Explain the difference between competency and capacity.
· Discuss when and why decisions are a choice between the least of two harms.
· Define personhood and explain how to preserve it.
· Describe how a power differential is created and how to minimize it.
· Explain why professional boundaries are important.
· Discuss preventive ethics as applied to serving older clients.
· Identify four steps to take when you have concerns about a client’s competency.
· Give examples of ethical do’s and don’ts.
Chapter 25: Protecting Older Adults from Financial Exploitation
· Define financial abuse and exploitation.
· Describe older adults who are at most risk of financial exploitation.
· Identify those who most often financially exploit older adults.
· List signs of financial exploitation among older adults.
· Describe the psychological aspects of financial exploitation among older adults.
· Discuss the most common types of financial crime against older adults.
· Explain how older adults can protect themselves from financial exploitation.
· Explain where to report financial abuse, fraud, and crime.
Chapter 26: Finding Qualified Financial Resources
· Identify key issues related to professional credentials.
· Distinguish between a credential and a designation.
· Discuss differences among credentials: license, certification, certificate, and diploma or degree.
· Explain the purpose and requirements of accreditation.
· Recognize credentials that typically serve older adults.
· Give examples of interview questions when choosing providers.
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