The nature of nursing homes -- Nursing aides : the backbone of care in nursing homes -- Understanding abuse -- Employees and theft -- The victims and their families -- Preventing and reducing theft -- Physical abuse and neglect -- Psychological abuse and neglect -- Reducing the risk of physical and psychological abuse -- Exploitation of nursing home patients : their finances and rights
Summary
"Maltreatment of Patients in Nursing Homes: There Is No Safe Place examines the dark side of nursing homes, where not every employee has the commitment of Mother Teresa. This groundbreaking book applies criminological theory to help develop practical methods of controlling abuse and presents the results of the first and only nationwide study on the theft of patients' belongings, a form of abuse too often ignored by the nursing home industry."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-140) and index
