Nursing home social services directors and elder abuse staff training.
In a nationally representative study of 1,071 nursing home social services directors 80% of social services departments provided resident rights training and 60-70% were involved in abuse training. Departments headed by recent grads and in chain nursing homes or in the northeast were more likely to be involved in training. Seventy-two percent of social services directors were able to provide one-on-one training about reporting suspected abuse; education and licensure were related to ability to train.
School of Social Work, University of Iowa, 308 North Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. mercedes-bern-klug@uiowa.edu
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017028:Caregivers / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002568:Certification / Q000592:standards; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004552:Elder Abuse / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008484:Medicaid / Q000592:standards; D006278:Medicare / Q000592:standards; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D028701:Patient Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D012947:Social Work / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce