防止监护人案件中的滥用.
1Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York City.
Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)
|August 24, 2023
概括
监护人赋予显著的权力,但滥用是一个风险. 认证和审计等新方法有助于预防和检测监护人的不当行为,尽管资金仍然是一个问题.
科学领域:
- 法律研究 法律研究
- 社会科学 社会科学 社会科学
- 公共政策 公共政策
背景情况:
- 监护人授权法庭任命的监护人管理失能个人的事务.
- 监护人对个人和财务事务的广泛权力创造了滥用潜力.
- 有记录的滥用行为包括财务不当行为,过高的费用和忽视病房需求.
研究的目的:
- 检查法律监护制度中的监护人虐待问题.
- 识别和评估用于预防和检测监护权滥用的创新策略.
- 突出了保护措施获得足够资金的持续挑战.
主要方法:
- 审查关于监护和虐待老年人的现有文献.
- 分析报告的监护人不当行为的案例.
- 检查实施的预防和检测策略 (例如,认证,审计,福利检查).
主要成果:
- 监护权滥用是一个公认的问题,对弱势个体造成严重后果.
- 诸如强制性监护人认证,集中审计和面对面的身份评估等创新方法在减轻风险方面显示出有希望.
- 尽管这些保护措施得到了发展,但可持续融资仍然是它们广泛实施和有效性的重要障碍.
结论:
- 监护制度需要强有力的监督机制,以保护缺乏自我照顾能力的个人.
- 积极主动的策略对于保护病房人员的个人和财务福祉至关重要.
- 解决资金缺口对于监护权中的滥用预防和检测工作的成功实施和长期可行性至关重要.
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