| A | B |
|---|
| Abuse | willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or punishment that results in physical harm, pain or mental anguish |
| assault | intentionally attempting or threatening to touch a person's body without the person's consent |
| battery | touching a person's body without his or her consent |
| Boundary crossing | a brief act or behavior of being over-involved with the person; the intent is to meet their needs |
| Boundary violation | an act or behavior that meets your needs, not the person's |
| civil law | laws concerned with relationships between people |
| code of ethics | Rules, or standards of conduct, for group members to follow |
| defamation | injuring a person's name and reputation by making false statements to a third person |
| elder abuse | an act causing harm or risk of harm to an older adult |
| ethics | knowledge of what is right and wrong |
| false imprisonment | unlawful restrain of a person's freedom of movement |
| fraud | saying or doing something to deceive a person |
| invasion of privacy | violating a person's right not to have his /her name, photo, or private affairs made public without their consent |
| libel | making false statement in print, writing, through pictures or electronically |
| malpractice | negligence by a professional person |
| neglect | Failure of a responsible person to provide food, shelter, health care or protection for a vulnerable elder |
| protected health information | Identifying information and information about a person's health that is sent in any form (paper, electronic, oral) |
| slander | making false statements through spoken word, sounds, or gestures |
| standard of care | skills required by a health team member under similar conditions |
| tort | wrong committed against a person or their property |
| vulnerable adult | person 18 years or older who has a condition that puts him/her at risk to be wounded, attacked, or damaged |
| will | a legal document of how a person wants property distributed after death |
