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A training workshop on the practice guidelines ‘En Mains’ (In Hand) was offered to numerous organizations in the Montérégie region (March 2019)
Themes: Training
The In Hand project was designed to enrich the ethical thinking of professionals who intervene in situations of mistreatment. In Hand proposes three scenarios of abuse: (1) suspension of follow-up, (2) support measures and (3) formal protective interventions. For each of these scenarios, the guide focuses on the values at play, highlights the practices used and identifies the psycho-social and ethical issues raised in situations of mistreatment.
Depending on the length of the workshop (half or full day), the workshop’s objectives were:
- To introduce up-to-date findings on older adults mistreatment;
- To determine the ethical and psycho-social issues raised by interventions in situations of mistreatment;
- Initiate the participants in an intervention approach that is reflexive and ethical;
- To enable participants to use the practices guide In Hand;
- To support the interveners so that they feel equipped to intervene in cases of older adults’ mistreatment.