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Elder abuse in Connecticut's nursing homes
- Authors:
- ALLEN Priscilla, KELLETT Kathy, GRUMAN Cynthia
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 15(1), 2003, pp.19-42.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Investigates abuse and neglect concerns from the nursing home resident's perspective in the state of Connecticut through a retrospective case record review. Complaints tracked from July 1998 through July 2000, using the Connecticut Ombudsman Reporting System, totaled 3,443 and were combined with related data from all the 261 state's nursing homes. Findings show that 69 percent of Connecticut's nursing homes had accounts of care complaints and 47 percent had one or more accounts of abuse. Identifying abuse and care concerns in Connecticut's nursing homes may lead to the exposition of additional patterns related to abuse and care in other institutional settings and merits further exploration of staffing characteristics in relation to abuse. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Family members' reports of non-staff abuse in Michigan nursing homes
- Authors:
- ZHANG Zhenmei, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 24(4), 2012, pp.357-369.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Recent research has showed that mistreatment of nursing home residents by other residents may be highly prevalent. The aim of this study was to examine abuse and exploitation perpetrated by non-staff (e.g., residents, visitors, family members) in Michigan nursing homes from the perspective of family members. The data came from 2 waves of a random-digit dial telephone survey, the Michigan Survey of Households with Family Members Receiving Long-Term Care Services, conducted in 2005 and 2007. Based on family members' reports, about 10% of nursing home residents aged 60 and over were abused by non-staff in nursing homes during the past 12 months. Five significant correlates of non-staff abuse reported by family members were identified: behaviour problems, physical functioning, abuse by staff, gender, and age. Family members were more likely to report non-staff abuse when the nursing home residents were younger, were female, had behaviour problems, and had greater level of physical functioning. Family members who reported staff abuse were 4 times more likely to also report non-staff abuse.
Physical abuse of older adults in nursing homes: a random sample survey of adults with an elderly family member in a nursing home
- Authors:
- SCHIAMBERG Lawrence B., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 24(1), January 2012, pp.65-83.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This study examined the prevalence and risk factors of staff physically abusing older people receiving nursing home care in Michigan, United States. Participants included 452 adults with elderly relatives over 65 years, and in nursing home care that completed a telephone survey regarding elder abuse and neglect experienced by this elder family member in the care setting. Twenty four per cent of participants reported at least one incident of physical abuse by nursing home staff. Limitations in activities of daily living, older adult behavioural difficulties, and previous victimisation by non-staff perpetrators were associated with a greater likelihood of physical abuse. The authors concluded that interventions that addressed risk factors may be effective in reducing older adult physical abuse in nursing homes. Attention to the contextual or ecological character of nursing home abuse is essential, particularly in light of the findings of this study.
Family members’ reports of abuse in Michigan nursing homes
- Authors:
- GRIFFORE Robert J., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 21(2), April 2009, pp.105-114.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Data on the abuse and neglect of people aged 65 and over in Michigan nursing homes over a 12-month period were collected using list-assisted random-digit dialling of relatives. Most of the residents represented in the study were female, widowed and Caucasian. Neglect and caretaking mistreatment were the most frequent types of abuse reported. Comparison of the data with information from the National Ombudsman Reporting System suggests that the incidence of abuse is substantially higher than reflected in official data and warrants further research to investigate reasons for this discrepancy to provide accurate and validated data on abuse in nursing homes.
Nursing Home Statutes: mistreatment definitions
- Authors:
- DALY Jeanette M., JOGERST Gerald J.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 18(1), 2006, pp.19-39.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Forty-nine states and the District of Columbia have adult protective services (APS) related statutes that define adult/elder mistreatment found in domestic settings. Institutional adult/elder mistreatment laws are administered by the nursing home licensing agencies and may contain different or duplicate APS-related mistreatment definitions. The purposes of this paper are to describe and summarize the mistreatment definitions in the nursing home licensure statutes and compare those definitions with the definitions found in the APS-related statutes. Westlaw and Lexis-Nexis law database systems were used to retrieve all adult protective services statutes and institutional licensure statutes. Each statute's text was reviewed and coded by two researchers. Institutional mistreatment definitions are addressed in 14 of the states and District of Columbia's nursing home statutes. No one state has a list of the 27 different definitions of mistreatment identified in the literature search. The common types of mistreatment described were physical and emotional abuse, neglect, financial and property exploitation, and sexual abuse. It is concluded that standardized definitions of resident-to-resident and institutional specific types of mistreatment need to be included in nursing home statutes. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Ombudsman program characteristics related to nursing home abuse reporting
- Authors:
- JOGERST Gerald, DALY Jeanette, HARTZ Arthur
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 46(1), 2005, pp.85-98.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This American study aimed to determine if there is an association between ombudsman report rates of abuse, gross neglect, and exploitation from 1997 through 2002 and ombudsmen's public and staff education, investigative process, program expenditures, and census demographics. Data were obtained from the National Ombudsman Reporting System. Ombudsman annual reports of nursing home abuse, neglect, and exploitation are representative of that state's individual program. These reports should not be construed to represent all abuse in nursing homes. Physical abuse and resident-to-resident abuse were the highest rates of abuse reported. Census demographics and ombudsman program characteristics were associated with rates of abuse. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Nursing home resident abuse by staff: exploring the dynamics
- Author:
- SHAW Mary M. Conlin
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 9(4), 1999, pp.1-21.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Explores the dynamics of nursing home (NH) resident abuse by NH staff in the USA. Symbolic Interactionism provides the theoretical framework. Classic grounded theory approach was used to analyse data which included semi-structured interviews with NH staff and abuse investigators. Two types of abusive NH staff are identified, the reactive and sadistic abuser. Concludes that additional investigations are needed to enhance understanding to the dynamics of abuse of residents by institutional staff and to further develop prevention and intervention programmes.
An empirical examination of the characteristics, consequences, and causes of elder abuse in nursing homes
- Authors:
- PAYNE Brian K., CIKOVIC Richard
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 7(4), 1995, pp.61-74.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Examines the characteristics, consequences, and potential causes of patient abuse in US nursing homes. Using standard thematic content analysis, incidents of abuse reported to Medicaid Fraud Control Units throughout the nation were reviewed. Results suggest that the presence of a witness, gender of the offender in relation to the victim, and job-related factors have important implications in the prevention of nursing home patient abuse.
Open to abuse
- Author:
- EATON Lynn
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 3.11.93, 1993, p.16.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Reports on concern being raised by the UKCC, where over a quarter of disciplinary hearings this year have related to abuse by nurses in private nursing homes.
Covert elder abuse in the nursing home
- Author:
- MEDDAUGH Dorothy I.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 5(3), 1993, pp.21-37.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Reports on a study which used ethnographic field techniques to assess certain interactions that took place between staff members and nursing home residents. Some subtle forms of psychological elder abuse that involved personal choice issues, isolation, labelling, and other thoughtless practices were evident. The data shows that those least able to affect the outcome of their care were particularly affected.