Journal article
Association of knowledge of adult protective services legislation with rates of reporting of abuse in Iowa nursing homes
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, Vol.6(2), pp.113-120
03/2005
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2005.01.005
PMID: 15871886
Abstract
To determine if there is an association between abuse reporting to state authorities by nursing home administrators and directors of nursing and their characteristics and knowledge of the law.
Survey.
Iowa's 409 Medicare certified nursing homes.
Four hundred nine administrators and 409 directors of nursing.
Nursing home abuse incidents, reports, and substantiations, Medicare's Nursing Home Compare Reports, Urban Influence Codes, and county census demographics.
A single or double response was received from 369 (90%) of the 409 nursing homes. Being a male administrator and having a higher level of education is associated with higher substantiation rates. A greater knowledge of the dependent adult protective services law is associated with higher incident and report rates for directors of nursing.
Nursing home administrators' and directors of nursing's knowledge of the law and their characteristics are associated with nursing home incident, report, and substantiation of abuse allegations.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Association of knowledge of adult protective services legislation with rates of reporting of abuse in Iowa nursing homes
- Creators
- Jeanette M Daly - University of IowaGerald J Jogerst - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, Vol.6(2), pp.113-120
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jamda.2005.01.005
- PMID
- 15871886
- ISSN
- 1525-8610
- eISSN
- 1538-9375
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2005
- Academic Unit
- Family and Community Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984627320902771
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