A Myopic Misstep: The Black Hole Within the Minnesota Vulnerable Adults’ Act
Intended Date of Award
2017
Degree Name
Doctorate in Public Administration (DPA)
Chair
Dr. Craig Waldron, DPA
Vice-Chair
Subject Matter Expert: Gregory Gray, J.D
Committee Member
Professor Jim Scheibel
Second Committee Member
Dr. Jim Mulder, DPA
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine whether lead investigative agencies performing investigations under the Minnesota Vulnerable Adults’ Act (VAA), MN Statute §626.557, have independently put in place a Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) plan or a similar process or procedure for reviewing their VAA investigatory process and outcomes to provide assurances that the final conclusion reached for the investigation is based on a well thought out factual conclusion based on a preponderance of evidence. Seventy-eight counties who conduct VAA maltreatment investigations in Minnesota were surveyed for their Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) plan or a similar process or procedure for reviewing their VAA investigatory process to determine if counties witha QAPI or similar quality assurance process or plan in place for vulnerable adult investigations will see fewer appeals for substantiated cases and experience a higher percentage of substantiated findings being upheld. The metrics indicated that counties with a QAPI or similar quality assurance process or plan in place for vulnerable adult investigations did see fewer appeals for substantiated cases and did experience a higher percentage of substantiated findings being upheld.
Recommended Citation
Baltes, Christina, "A Myopic Misstep: The Black Hole Within the Minnesota Vulnerable Adults’ Act" (2017). School of Business Student Theses and Dissertations. 9.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/hsb_all/9
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School of Business Student Theses and Dissertations