Maltreatment of Patients in Nursing Homes: There Is No Safe Place

ISBN-13: 9780789023261 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 162 str.

Diana K. Harris; Michael L. Benson

Opis

The authors examine the dark side of nursing homes, where commitment can fail to the extent of patients being subjected to mistreatment. They apply criminological theory to help develop practical methods of controlling abuse.

Spis treści

• Preface
  
• PART I: NURSING HOMES AND THEORIES OF ABUSE
  
• Chapter 1. The Nature of Nursing Homes
  
• Myths and Facts About Nursing Homes
  
• How Nursing Homes Got Started
  
• Nursing Homes As Bureaucracies
  
• Nursing Homes As Total Institutions
  
• Barriers to Nursing Home Abuse Research
  
• Chapter 2. Nursing Aides: The Backbone of Care in Nursing Homes
  
• Workforce Issues and Problems of Nursing Home Aides
  
• Narratives of Nursing Home Aides
  
• Chapter 3. Understanding Abuse
  
• Why Nursing Homes May Be Good for Abusers
  
• Nursing Homes and the Motivated Offender
  
• Patients and Their Possessions As Suitable Targets
  
• Guardianship in Nursing Homes
  
• Countervailing Forces
  
• Summary
  
• PART II: NURSING HOME THEFT
  
• Chapter 4. Employees and Theft
  
• Results from the Survey of Employees
  
• Conclusions About Employees
  
• Chapter 5. The Victims and Their Families
  
• Family Members’ Reports of Theft
  
• What Is Stolen?
  
• Conclusion
  
• Chapter 6. Preventing and Reducing Theft
  
• Theft Precautions for Patients
  
• Theft Precautions for Nursing Homes
  
• Reporting of Theft
  
• Theft Prevention Training Programs
  
• PART III: PHYSICAL AND MENTAL MALTREATMENT
  
• Chapter 7. Physical Abuse and Neglect
  
• Abandonment, Segregation, and Neglect
  
• Government Reform Committee
  
• Types of Physical Abuse
  
• Sexual Abuse
  
• Neglect
  
• Chapter 8. Psychological Abuse and Neglect
  
• Types of Psychological Abuse
  
• Some Effects of Psychological Abuse
  
• Neglect
  
• Chapter 9. Reducing the Risk of Physical and Psychological Abuse
  
• Screening Practices
  
• Staff Education and Training
  
• Advocacy
  
• PART IV: FRAUD, REFORM, AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  
• Chapter 10. Exploitation of Nursing Home Patients: Their Finances and Rights
  
• Financial Abuse
  
• Reform of Nursing Home Regulations
  
• Chapter 11. Summary and Conclusions
  
• Appendix. Methodology
  
• Data Collection
  
• Employee Questionnaires
  
• Measuring Theft
  
• Response Rates from the Survey of Employees
  
• Victimization Survey
  
• Family Members’ Questionnaire
  
• Glossary
  
• References
  
• Index
  

O autorze

Diana K. Harris, Michael L. Benson