TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Staff-reported strategies for prevention and management of resident-to-resident elder mistreatment in long-term care facilities
JO  - Journal of elder abuse and neglect
A1  - Rosen, Tony E.
A1  - Lachs, Mark S.
A1  - Teresi, Jeanne
A1  - Eimicke, Joseph
A1  - Van Haitsma, Kimberly
A1  - Pillemer, Karl
SP  - 1
EP  - 13
VL  - 28
IS  - 1
N2  - BACKGROUND: Resident-to-resident elder mistreatment (R-REM) in nursing homes is frequent and leads to adverse outcomes. Nursing home staff responses may significantly mitigate R-REM's impact, but little is known about current practices. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: To identify common staff responses to R-REM. <br><br>METHODS: We interviewed 282 certified nursing assistants (CNAs) in 5 urban nursing homes on their responses during the previous 2 weeks to R-REM behaviors of residents under their care. <br><br>RESULTS: 97 CNAs (34.4%) reported actions responding to R-REM incidents involving 182 residents (10.8%), describing 22 different responses. Most common were: physically intervening/separating residents (51), talking calmly to settle residents down (50), no intervention (39), and verbally intervening to defuse the situation (38). Less common were notifying a nurse (13) or documenting in behavior log (4). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Nursing home staff report many varied responses to R-REM, a common and dangerous occurrence. CNAs seldom documented behaviors or reported them to nurses.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0894-6566
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08946566.2015.1029659
ID  - ref1
ER  -