Quantum Units Education®

Chapter One: Target Audience

1. While system based domestic abuse (DA) and sexual assault (SA) advocates generally work in nonprofit organizations that provide a range of services, community based advocates work in a prosecutor's office or within another system.

Presentation Strategies-Principles of Adult Education

2. Each of the following is one of the critical elements of learning identified by research EXCEPT:

Chapter Two: What is Domestic Abuse in Later Life

3. Elder abuse is described as “a single or repeated act, or lack of appropriate action, occurring within any relationship where there is an expectation of trust, which causes harm or distress to an older person".

What Causes Domestic Abuse in Later Life?

4. Which of the following correctly describes the causes of domestic abuse for older adults?

Collaboration is Essential

5. Mandatory reporting of elder abuse by domestic violence and sexual assault advocates is often controversial because it diminishes victims' autonomy and compromises victim advocate confidentiality.

Chapter Three: Setup and Background for Individual Components-Additional Background

6. When working with older victims who have been abused for many years, it is critical to understand the history, patterns of events, and obstacles faced, rather than focusing exclusively on the immediate incident of abuse.

7. Many older victims find themselves in life-threatening or very dangerous situations in which they are unable to remain in their own homes, and they often turn to battered women's shelters for emergency housing.

Effective Advocacy for Older Victims

8. Effective advocacy involves using a victim-centered approach that focuses on safety and:

Chapter Four: Interdisciplinary Audiences

9. While some older abuse victims live in the community in their own homes or apartments, the largest percentage live in short or long term care facilities.

10. Older victims who are expected to appear in court as witnesses may have physical or mental limitations so prosecutions should focus on physical evidence, suspects admissions and confessions, and:

11. Most elder abuse victims prefer to maintain some type of relationship with their abuser and do not want to get the abuser “in trouble”, but simply want the abuse to end.

12. When a victim separates from his or her abuser, high risk-factors for re-abuse include situations when the abuser: 

13. Although there may be challenges associated with medical needs, communities need to commit to holding abusers accountable regardless of their age and care needs.

Chapter Five: Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault Advocates

14. Barriers to living free from an abuser may include generational and religious values about marriage vows, and the role of women as spouse, mother, and  __________, which may make it particularly difficult to leave.

15. With adult abuse victims, there tends to be the potential for untreated trauma, and some may be survivors of childhood sexual abuse.

16. Whenever possible, adult abuse victims should be placed in support groups with victims of various ages and circumstances, as this help victims feel less isolated.

The Ties That Bind

17. While men are more likely to use physical violence, women are more likely to engage in:

When He Shot Me (Annie)

18. Older abusers may be at an increased risk to harm others because they feel that in later life they “have nothing to lose”.

19. Which of the following is NOT one of the risk factors for elder homicide/suicide?

Chapter Six: Adult Protective Services and Elder Abuse Professionals

20. While the domestic abuse movement operates under a philosophy of “self-determination”, the philosophy of elder abuse workers is “empowerment”.

Questions for APS/Elder Abuse Workers

21. The community agencies that would assist older abuse victims with emergency or transitional housing needs would likely be:   

22. When working with older abuse victims, one must recognize and respect individual differences in personal values such as cultural, historical, and _________ values.

23. If victims decide to return to their abusers, workers must respect their decision and let them know that they can contact the appropriate agency again if life circumstances change and they need help in the future.

24. Abusers may use justifications or excuses as general manipulations strategies, including each of the following EXCEPT: