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Staff perceptions of elder abuse
Author(s)	Joan Daly, Alice Coffey
Journal title	Nursing Older People, vol 22, no 4, May 2010
Pages	pp 33-37
Source	http://www.nursingolderpeople.co.uk
Keywords	Elder abuse ; Care homes ; Attitude ; Diagnosis ; Nurses ; Care home staff ; Quantitative studies ; Ireland.
Annotation	The authors present findings from a study in Ireland that revealed a high level of uncertainty among staff about what constitutes abuse of residents in long-term care. The aim of the study was to ascertain perceptions of elder abuse among nurses and care assistants who worked in long-term care settings and whether staff had been educated on elder abuse. A quantitative descriptive co-relational design was used. Questionnaires were completed by 66 nurses and 48 care assistants in three long-term care settings in southern Ireland. 39 nurses (59%) and 25 care assistants (52%) were confident about recognising elder abuse. Nevertheless, there was a high level of uncertainty about what constitutes elder abuse. Such uncertainty may be a barrier to the detection and management of elder abuse. Nurses and care staff working with older people must be able to identify abusive situations and be confident that managers will support them in tackling the uncertainty surrounding this complex phenomenon. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-100505209 A
Classmark	QNT: KW: DP: LK7: QTE: QRM: 3DQ: 763
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