Iowa nursing home characteristics associated with reported abuse.
J Am Med Dir Assoc
; 7(4): 203-7, 2006 May.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the association of nursing home abuse reported by employees in Iowa licensed nursing homes with nursing home characteristics, inspection results, nursing staff hours, and census demographics.DESIGN:
Mailed survey.SETTING:
Iowa's 409 Medicare-certified stand-alone nursing homes.PARTICIPANTS:
Administrators and directors of nursing.RESULTS:
The annual rate of abusive events was 20.7 per 1000 nursing home residents, with a rate of 18.4 reported events and 5.2 substantiated events. A higher number of residents and a higher number of certified beds were significantly associated with higher incident, report, and substantiation rates. Higher incident and report rates were associated with nursing homes in metropolitan areas. Higher substantiation rates were associated with for-profit nursing homes.CONCLUSION:
Recognized abuse in nursing homes is not uncommon. Approximately 90% of events are reported to the state authorities with 29% of those being substantiated. Differences associated with nursing facility abuse rates are metropolitan area, ownership, occupancy rate, and number of residents and certified beds.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Abuso de Idosos
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Casas de Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
Article