"Abuse, although often not detected or reported, existed in every facility we surveyed. It is a serious problem."
Old, weak, and often cognitively impaired, nursing home patients can be easy targets for physical, psychological, material, and financial mistreatment at the hands of those entrusted with their care, safety, and well-being. Maltreatment of Patients in Nursing Homes: There Is No Safe Place examines the dark side of nursing homes, where not every employee has the commitment of Mother Theresa. This groundbreaking book applies criminological theory to help develop practical...
"Abuse, although often not detected or reported, existed in every facility we surveyed. It is a serious problem."
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.
The authors examine the dark side of nursing homes, where commitment can fail to the extent of patients being subjected to mistreatment. They apply cr...
