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Nursing home resident abuse by staff
— exploring the dynamics | | Author(s) | Mary M Conlin Shaw |
| Journal title | Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, vol 9, no 4, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 1-21 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Aggression ; Residents [care homes] ; Nursing homes ; Care home staff ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This paper explores the dynamics of nursing home (NH) resident abuse by NH staff. It presents partial findings from a grounded theory study about NH staff response to aggressive residents, focusing on NH staff not able to care for aggressive NH residents without detrimental consequences to themselves or the residents they cared for, including abuse of NH residents. Symbolic Interactionism provides the theoretical framework. Classic grounded theory approach was used to analyse data which included semi-structured interviews with NH staff and abuse investigators. Two types of abusive NH staff are identified: the reactive and the sadistic abuser. Additional investigations are needed to enhance understanding of the dynamics of abuse of residents by institutional staff and to further develop prevention and intervention programmes. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990311002 A |
| Classmark | QNT: EPB: KX: LHB: QRM: 7T |
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