Minnesota Vulnerable Adults Act Coalition compiles elder abuse documents
As part of an ongoing effort to examine and revise the Minnesota Vulnerable Adults Act, Kevin Hansen of the Elder Care Rights Alliance has compiled an impressive listing of documents addressing a variety of policy issues pertaining to elder abuse. The documents are listed below:
Capacity to Consent Provisions and Citations
– This is a document detailing how different statesdefine the term “capacity” and when an individual lacking capacity canconsent. Created for the American Bar Association Commission on Lawand Aging.
Effective Court Practices for Abused Elders
– This is a document that analyzes courts that haveadopted a specialized response to elder abuse and determines the needsof elderly persons or vulnerable adults who may come before a courtrequesting assistance for their situation.
NCEA: Analysis of State Adult Protective Services Laws
– This is a link to the National Center on ElderAbuse’s website where the NCEA has provided various PDF documentsrelating to types of abuse that are defined, eligibility requirements,charts pertaining to APS guidelines, and previous legislative reformsfrom other states.
– This is a recent report, provided by Barb Doherty,from the National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (NCPEA)symposium on Self-Neglect and speaks directly to the complicated issueof protecting a vulnerable adult while still attempting to preservetheir autonomy and self-determination.
– A warning system for “wandering” eldersand those who may be physically or cognitively impaired has alreadybeen attempted in some other states. Similar to an Amber Alert, theinitiatives directly relating to protecting vulnerable adults arecalled Silver Alerts.
– This is an analysis of the former Vulnerable AdultsProtection Act (VAPA) that existed in Minnesota prior to 1995. Theauthor of the document is Dr. Eric S. Janus, Professor of Law andcurrent President and Dean of William Mitchell College of Law. He wascommissioned to study the VAPA, as it existed at the time, and reporton his findings. This report was created in August 1990 and revised inNovember 1991.
2007 Minnesota Government in Brief
– This is the 2007 Minnesota Government in Brief andprovides details about such items as the state’s population, the numberof people the state employs, and how state revenues are allocated. Thepublication is divided into four major sections: demographic andeconomic data; government organization and employment; governmentfinance; and major government functions and services.
Regulation of Health and Human Services Facilities
– This guidebook provides an overview of stateregulation of residential facilities that provide support services fortheir residents. The information within was compiled and prepared bythe Legislative Analysts in the House Research Department in November2005.
ABA Elder Abuse Recommendation
– This document is a recommendation by the AmericanBar Association (Criminal Justice Section, Senior Lawyers Division,Commission on Domestic Violence, and the Commission on Law an Aging) tothe House of Delegates to urge federal, state, local, tribal, andterritorial governments and their prosecutors to vigorously prosecutecases of elder abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation.
– This paperexamines how other states passed legislation to require banks to bemandated reporters, and illustrates methods used to convince theindustry to agree. The paper also describes the current situation ofthe banking industry in Minnesota.
Long-Term Care Services for the Elderly
– This is an Information Brief prepared by theMinnesota House of Representatives Research Department in November2006. The document summarizes Medical Assistance eligibility for thosewho are elderly (defined here as age 65+) and also discusses servicesand programs available for the elderly.
State Adult Guardianship Legislation
– This is a document containing State AdultGuardianship Legislation Directions of Reform in 2007, created by theCommission on Law and Aging of the American Bar Association. Thedocument highlights legislative reforms that took place in 2007 acrossthe United States.
– This is an Evaluation Report Summary prepared bythe Office of the Legislative Auditor in February 2005. The documentis about nursing home inspections and details the major findings andproposed recommendations from the authors.
Minnesota Board on Aging: Survey of Older Minnesotans
– Data tables from the Minnesota Board on Aging Survey of Older Minnesotans in 2005.
– A collection of maps of Minnesota that display statistics applied to counties, including vital statistics and medical data.
– Statistics on Medicare enrollment by state from2000 to 2005. The document was created by the United States Centersfor Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Nursing Home Statistics in the United States
– Statistics on nursing home characteristicsthroughout the United States in 2004. The document was created by theUnited States Center for Health Statistics.
NCEA Survey of Adult Protective Services
– This is a 2004 survey of state Adult ProtectiveServices on the abuse of adults age 60 and older commissioned by theNational Center on Elder Abuse. This document was created by TheNational Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse and The NationalAdult Protective Services Association.
Nursing Home Abuse Risk Prevention Profile and Checklist
– Report created by the National Center on ElderAbuse and the National Association of State Units on Aging that offerssuggestions on prevention planning, prevention strategies, and insightinto why nursing home residents are at risk of abuse.
Minnesota Crisis Curriculum: A Mental Health Manual
– A 30-hour crisis training curriculum for mentalhealth practitioners and rehabilitation workers created by theDepartment of Human Services Adult Mental Health Division.
DHS Training Manual for APS Investigations
– The Minnesota Department of Human Services Guidelines to the Investigation of Vulnerable Adult Maltreatment was created to aid county workers in the investigation of vulnerable adult reports. The manual provides guidance on the Vulnerable Adult Act including information on interviewing vulnerable adults and alleged perpetrators, organizing an investigation, assessment tools and more.