Vulnerable Adult & Maltreatment of Minors Quiz

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Who is protected under the Vulnerable Adults Act?

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Anyone over the age of 18.

A person 18 years or older who is a resident of a facility regulated by DHS.

A person 18 years or older who has an impairment or disability and has an impaired ability to meet basic needs, and an impaired ability to protect self from maltreatment.

Both B and C

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All minors are protected under the Maltreatment of Minors Act even if they do not receive services. *

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True

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Maltreatment is classified as: *

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Abuse

Abuse and Neglect

Abuse, Neglect, and Financial Exploitation

Neglect

A mandated reporter must make the report immediately. What is immediately?

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As soon as maltreatment occurs.

Within one business day from the time of the initial knowledge or suspicion of the maltreatment.

As soon as possible, in no event longer than 24 hours from the time of the initial knowledge or suspicion of the maltreatment.

The mandated reporter needs to report suspected maltreatment when he/she has reason to believe a vulnerable adult/minor has been the victim of maltreatment, or has suffered an injury which is not reasonably explained. *

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True

False

You are able to report the maltreatment of a minor directly to your supervisor without reporting to an outside agency.
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True

False

All services recipients that we support are considered vulnerable. *

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True

False

All employees of Trillium Services are Mandated Reporters. *

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True

False

Under which of the following circumstances would you report a VA or Maltreatment of a Minor? Check all that apply. *

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A service recipient comes home with a bruise that looks like a handprint. You contact the day program, and the source of the bruise is unknown.

You turn around quickly, and accidently bump a service recipient. He falls over and breaks his wrist.

You walk into the program and overhear another staff verbally degrading a service recipient.

You just come on to a morning shift and find the incontinence brief of a service recipient full of feces and urine. It is clear that the awake overnight did not assist the service recipient at all during the overnight.

A service recipient comes back from the mall and tells you that she signed up for a credit card at Old Navy. The staff tells you that his mom works at Old Navy and she gets commission on every credit card application that is processed. The service recipient is very vulnerable in regards to finances and would not likely want a credit card.

A service recipient trips and falls down the stairs. No serious injuries

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Jane is 30 years old and lives in a licensed adult foster care home. Jane is diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury and insulin dependent diabetes. A staff brings Jane to see her physician for a routine check-up. During the visit to her physician, Jane’s blood sugar levels are noted to be very high. The physician asks Jane about the high blood sugar levels. Jane tells the physician that she ran out of insulin three days ago and that the person in charge of refilling her prescriptions at the facility said that they were “working on” getting her some more. The physician asks the person accompanying Jane about Jane not having any insulin, but the person has no knowledge.

Does this need to be reported and who is mandated to report? *

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Yes, the incident needs to be reported by the staff person accompanying Jane to the appointment.

Yes, the incident needs to be reported by the physician.

No, the incident does not need to be reported. The physician will write a new prescription that the staff person can get filled on the way home.

Both A and B.

A service recipient’s care plan indicates that the person is not to be left unsupervised on the side of the bed because of her poor sitting balance. The person is left sitting on the side of the bed while the staff left the room quickly to get a clean towel and washcloth. The service recipient falls and sustains a fracture of her humorous. Is this incident reportable? *

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Yes, the incident should be reported

No, the incident does not need to be reported

Robert is 18 years old and lives in a licensed adult foster care home. Robert enjoys playing video games and owns all of the latest games. One evening while talking with a staff person named Jeff, Robert says that he sure wishes he could get his video golf game back from the staff who works on the weekend. Jeff asks Robert some questions and Robert says that he “loaned” the game to a weekend staff two weeks ago. Robert tells Jeff that he did not really want to loan the game to the weekend staff and told him so, but the staff person took the game anyway and said he would return it in two weeks when he worked again. As they are talking, the weekend staff comes into work, gives Robert his game, and tells Robert “thanks.” Untitled Title

Should Jeff report this as a VA? *

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Yes, the game is the property of Robert and the staff “willfully withheld” the disk without legal authority

No, the weekend staff was only borrowing the game disk and returned it.

A person or facility that makes an intentional false report of maltreatment may be subject to civil liability *

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True

False

The identity of a reporter of maltreatment is allowed to be shared with the alleged victim and perpetrator. *

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True

False

Who operates the Common Entry Point (CEP) / Minnesota Adult Abuse Reporting Center (MAARC)?

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Each County

The Department of Health

The Department of Human Services

The Office of the Ombudsmen

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