Back from the abyss
Related Articles
- Battening down the hatches to fight another year. Hutfield, Jean // Nursing & Residential Care;Jan2013 Equipment Services, p3
No abstract available.
- Abused patients from closed care home may be at risk in new placements. Limb, Matthew // BMJ: British Medical Journal;11/3/2012, Vol. 345 Issue 7881, p2
The article offers news briefs abused patients who were moved out of closed care home may have risk in other homes. NHS figures issued an safeguarding alerts to former patients as they were moved to other care homes. This means that incidents have to be reported to council staff for accidental...
- Further care home scandals like Winterbourne are likely if no action is taken, warn campaigners. O¿dowd, Adrian // BMJ: British Medical Journal (Overseas & Retired Doctors Edition;8/11/2012, Vol. 345 Issue 7869, p1
The article reports that campaigners have cautioned that abuse scandals at care homes for people with learning disabilities similar to that at Winterbourne are likely to recur if the government fails to act.
- Keeping up to date with regulations: implications for equipment services. Hutfield, Jean // Nursing & Residential Care;Jan2013 Equipment Services, p16
No abstract available.
- Perfect victims: protecting vunerable adults. Jukes, Mark // British Journal of Nursing;9/22/2011, Vol. 20 Issue 17, p1120
In this article the author discusses British documentary films which have been concerned with patient abuse and the abuse of people with learning disabilities. He is supportive of nurses playing a role in patient protection and is critical of abuse which happens to patients or people with...
- Undercover investigation of care homes found residents bored and poorly fed. Duffin, Christian // Nursing Older People;Jun2011, Vol. 23 Issue 5, p5
The article reports on the state of some care homes in Great Britain. It makes reference to a report published in the May 2011 edition of "Which?" magazine concerning the findings of an undercover investigation of four homes. It explores the alleged poor practices in these homes, including the...
- This has to stop. Blair, Jim; Mansell, Ian // Nursing Standard;6/29/2011, Vol. 25 Issue 43, p24
In this article the authors discuss a British documentary television program which documented the abuse of nursing home residents. They are critical of nurses in the home who witnessed the abuse and did nothing to stop it and of Great Britain's Care Quality Commission's inability to detect the...
- Learning disabilities: meeting essential standards. Peate, Ian // British Journal of Nursing;4/26/2012, Vol. 21 Issue 8, p457
The author reflects on professional standards regarding the medical care of patients with learning disabilities in Great Britain. He suggests that nurses and managers should be vigilant regarding the care of learning disabled patients and be asked to account for not reporting substandard care....
- Resident-to-Resident Aggression in Nursing Homes: Results from a Qualitative Event Reconstruction Study. Pillemer, Karl; Chen, Emily K.; Van Haitsma, Kimberly S.; Teresi, Jeanne; Ramirez, Mildred; Silver, Stephanie; Sukha, Gail; Lachs, Mark S. // Gerontologist;Jan2012, Vol. 52 Issue 1, p24
Purpose: Despite its prevalence and negative consequences, research on elder abuse has rarely considered resident-to-resident aggression (RRA) in nursing homes. This study employed a qualitative event reconstruction methodology to identify the major forms of RRA that occur in nursing homes....
- Time to plan ahead for long-term care. Merline, John // Consumers' Research Magazine;Jan1996, Vol. 79 Issue 1, p10
Reports that deciding on long-term care involves not only consideration for quality but also cost. Options for purchase of long-term care insurance; Existence of public programs that cover nursing home stays; Unwillingness of the government to shoulder most of the burden of long-term care...
