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Stress, conflict, elder abuse and neglect in German nursing homes
— a pilot study among professional caregivers | | Author(s) | Thomas Goergen |
| Journal title | Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, vol 13, no 1, 2001 |
| Pages | pp 1-26 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Care home staff ; Nursing homes ; Elder abuse ; Neglect [care] ; Aggression ; Pilot ; Quantitative studies ; Germany. |
| Annotation | A questionnaire survey on elder abuse and neglect in residential settings was conducted with a convenience sample of 80 people working in German nursing homes. Data on nursing staff's experiences of stress and conflict at their workplaces, self-reported incidents of abuse and neglect of nursing home residents, incidents observed as witnesses and subjective theories about causes and motives underlying violence in nursing homes are reported. Whereas 59% report physical or verbal aggression by residents during the previous 2 months, 79% indicate having abused or neglected a resident at least once during that period. 66% witnessed victimizations of residents by colleagues. Subjects attribute abuse and neglect not only to staff shortage and work overload, but also to a number of factors in the offender's personality on the one hand and at the political and social level on the other. From a motivational point of view, abuse and neglect are regarded as instrumental acts to reduce workload and as effects of pent-up aggression and inner tensions. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010926510 A |
| Classmark | QRM: LHB: QNT: QNR: EPB: 4UC: 3DQ: 767 |
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