Lesson #2 Resident Rights

Abuse

the willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or punishment with resulting physical harm, pain or mental anguish; abuse can be verbal (something said oral, written or gestured), physical (something done to the resident

Confidentiality

maintaining information as private.

Consensual

agreed to by the people involved; dome with the consent of the people involved.

HIPAA

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; Federal law that protects the privacy of individually identifiable health information; sets national standards for the security of electronic protected health information; and protects identifiable information being used to analyze patient safety events and improve patient safety.

Informed Consent

a person, after having been informed of potential negative outcomes, makes informed decisions about their healthcare.

Involuntary Seclusion

separation of a resident from other residents or from his/her room or confinement to his/her own room against the resident’s will, or the will of the resident’s legal representative.

Misappropriation

intentional use or theft of property or funds of another person for one’s own use.

Neglect

failure to provide help or care when needed.

OBRA (Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act)

law passed by federal government establishing minimum standards for nursing home care and for nursing assistant training.

Privacy

free of being observed or disturbed by other people.

Resident Rights

rights identified by OBRA relative to residents in long term care facilities; informs residents and others of the residents’ rights within the facility.

Restraints

to physically restrict voluntary movement or use chemicals to revise/restrict resident behavior