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Difference between revisions of "Six Pressing Issues when Living in Residential Care"
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Use of video surveillance in the privacy of a resident’s room may or may not lead to greater resident freedom from abuse or neglect. | Use of video surveillance in the privacy of a resident’s room may or may not lead to greater resident freedom from abuse or neglect. | ||
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Care facility operators have a general responsibility to promote the health and safety of all residents, and to protect them from harm. This includes harms from other residents. Resident to resident conflict or aggression can have a significant effect on the emotional and physical well-being of the residents and others in the facility. | Care facility operators have a general responsibility to promote the health and safety of all residents, and to protect them from harm. This includes harms from other residents. Resident to resident conflict or aggression can have a significant effect on the emotional and physical well-being of the residents and others in the facility. | ||
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* should all situations require a police response? If so, what is the nature of the most appropriate justice and health system response? | * should all situations require a police response? If so, what is the nature of the most appropriate justice and health system response? | ||
This becomes particularly relevant when cognitively impaired resident does not appear to have the requisite mens rea for assault, the mental capacity to instruct counsel, or fitness to stand trial. Unlike younger adults who have become aggressive as a result of a mental condition, the difficulty for many residents is that dementia does not get better. Having a safe and appropriate place for them to live the last months or years of their lives, without leaving other residents at risk of harm becomes pressing. | This becomes particularly relevant when cognitively impaired resident does not appear to have the requisite mens rea for assault, the mental capacity to instruct counsel, or fitness to stand trial. Unlike younger adults who have become aggressive as a result of a mental condition, the difficulty for many residents is that dementia does not get better. Having a safe and appropriate place for them to live the last months or years of their lives, without leaving other residents at risk of harm becomes pressing. | ||
==Reporting Responsibilities== | ==Reporting Responsibilities== | ||
