Enhancing mutual respect among nursing assistants, residents, and residents' families.
Interviews with nursing assistants and residents revealed ways in which they experience respect, disrespect, attachment, and distancing in their relationships with each other. As a result of these findings, an inservice session on interpersonal respect was developed for nursing assistants. Manifestations of disrespect and strategies for promoting mutually respectful relationships among residents, their families, and staff in the facility are presented.
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Department of Sociology, University of Akron, OH 44325.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D006707:Homes for the Aged / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D009728:Nursing Assistants; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000592:standards*; D009820:Ohio; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations