Reporting Abuse and Serious Incidents in Aged Care

Learning outcomes

This course will provide an understanding of:

• background to and the definitions and prevalence of the abuse of older people in Australia 
• types of abuse most commonly experienced by older people 
• requirements for the reporting of abuse of an older person in your care 
• roles and responsibilities of staff around the abuse of a person in their care 
• barriers to staff reporting suspected and actual abuse, and 
• actions to take if there is imminent threat to an older person. 

Estimated duration

70 minutes

Course Overview

The course features:

• Interactive activities 
• Look and feel specific to an aged care environment
• Accessibility functionality for WCAG 2.0 AA compliance
• Full course voiceover
• Assessments at the end of each section
• Certificate upon successful completion
• Adaptics - Kineo’s pre-assessment technology

Target audience

This course is suitable for professionals who provide care to older people in Australia.