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Involves the desertion of an elderly person by a person who has assumed responsibility for being a care-giver. |
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A court ruling stating the responsibility of a therapist to not release a dangerous client from a psychiatric facility. |
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| An ethical concept, and in most states, the legal and professional duty of therapists to not disclose information about a client. Psychotherapists are prohibited from disclosing confidential communications to any third party, unless mandated or permitted by law to do so. |
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A term used by HIPAA that determines whether a health care provider needs to comply with HIPAA requirements. |
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A mental health professional’s responsibility to protect clients when it is likely that they might harm themselves; or the duty to protect intended victims from a dangerous client. |
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A mental health professional’s responsibility to inform an endangered person when it is believed a client poses a serious danger to an identifiable person. |
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Financial or material exploitation |
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The illegal or improper use of an elder’s funds, property, or assets.
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) |
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| Passed by Congress to promote standardization and efficiency in health care industry, HIPAA includes provisions designed to encourage electronic transactions and requires certain new safeguards to protect the security and confidentiality of health information. |
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Designed to provide a uniform level of privacy and security on the federal level |
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A court ruling that underscores the duty of a therapist to commit a dangerous individual. |
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| A court ruling holding that communications between licensed psychotherapists and their clients are privileged and therefore protected from forced disclosure in cases arising under federal law. The ruling extends therapist-client privilege to a wider range of licensed mental health professionals |
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A procedure designed to encourage reporting of any suspected cases of child, elder, and dependent abuse. |
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The failure of caregivers to fulfill their responsibilities to a child, an elderly person, and other dependent adults. |
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Involves the use of physical force that often results in bodily injury, physical pain, or impairment. |
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As a matter of law, refers to the constitutional right of an individual to decide the time, place, manner, and extent of sharing oneself with others |
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| A legal concept that generally bars the disclosure of confidential communications in a legal proceeding. Privilege is the client’s right to prevent a mental health professional from revealing confidential communications in a legal proceeding |
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Psychological or emotional abuse |
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| Involves inflicting anguish, pain, or distress through verbal or nonverbal acts. This kind of abuse might include verbal assaults, insults, threats, intimidation, humiliation, and harassment |
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Involves the legal responsibility of a mental health professional to report suspected abuse or neglect of children, the elderly, and other dependent adults |
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Consists of non-consensual sexual contact of any kind with a child, elderly person, or dependent adult. |
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A court ruling holding that a therapist has a duty to warn an intended victim of a client who poses a serious threat to do harm. |
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