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Elder Abuse and Neglect in Residential Settings - Different National Backgrounds and Similar Responses (Hardcover)
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Elder Abuse and Neglect in Residential Settings - Different National Backgrounds and Similar Responses (Hardcover)
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Elder Abuse and Neglect in Residential Settings: Different National
Backgrounds and Similar Responses contains insights and examples
from other countries where elder abuse and neglect have been
recognized as an issue requiring social policy attention. Nursing
home employees as well as professionals and policymakers will
explore the physical as well as the psychological aspects of
neglect in nursing homes. Elder Abuse and Neglect in Residential
Settings discusses deliberate physical abuse and more common forms
of neglect and abuse, such as bedsores, poor nutrition, improper
medication, and vermin infestation. Let this informative guide help
you recognize the causes of elder abuse and neglect in order to
prevent the same problems in your nursing home.Examining nursing
home settings in America, Canada, England, Sweden, the United
Kingdom, and South Africa to bring you firsthand accounts of the
problems of elder abuse on a multicultural level. It also examines
reasons for abuse and neglect, such as poor wages, long hours, low
job prestige of nurses aides, and high exhaustion levels that have
led to abuse and neglect by even the most caring individual.
Through Elder Abuse and Neglect in Residential Settings, you will
discover what factors directly correlate to the abuse and neglect
of patients by: examining the high turnover rates of the lower-paid
nurses aides understanding that well-qualified staff do not choose
to work in nursing homes and that often abuse and neglect are
committed by nurses aides gaining insight into the risks of
physical assault and verbal abuse by patients that nurses aides may
endure everyday exploring the psychological aspects of neglect in
nursing homes such as, uncleanliness, the lack of attractiveness in
the physical environment, inadequate diet, infantilization, and
passive neglect, and what can be done to prevent these
behaviorsElder Abuse and Neglect in Residential Settings discusses
the elements that are significant to the future and quality of
residential care. From this book, you will understand the
importance of considering the characteristics of the patients and
staff as well as the importance of developing gender-integrated and
multicultural services. Elder Abuse and Neglect in Residential
Settings will prove to be essential in your understanding of the
worldwide problem of elder abuse and neglect in residential care
and help you alleviate it.
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