TY - JOUR
T1 - Individual and contextual determinants of resident-on-resident abuse in nursing homes
T2 - A random sample telephone survey of adults with an older family member in a nursing home
AU - Schiamberg, Lawrence B.
AU - von Heydrich, Levente
AU - Chee, Grace
AU - Post, Lori A.
N1 - Funding Information:
The research for this manuscript was supported by a grant to Michigan State University in 2005 from the Centers for Medicaid/Medicare Services ( #CFDA 93.778 ). The analyses and writing of this paper are entirely the work of the manuscript authors. The manuscript authors (L. Schiamberg, L. von Heydrich, G. Chee, and L. Post) have no conflicts of interest with any organizations or people, including relationships with funding source, or financial interests that would, in any way, influence the analyses or interpretations of the findings and conclusions of this paper.
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© 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
PY - 2015/9/1
Y1 - 2015/9/1
N2 - Few empirical investigations of elder abuse in nursing homes address the frequency and determinants of resident-on-resident abuse (RRA). A random sample of 452 adults with an older adult relative, ≥65 years of age, in a nursing home completed a telephone survey regarding elder abuse experienced by that elder family member. Using a Linear Structural Relations (LISREL) modeling design, the study examined the association of nursing home resident demographic characteristics (e.g., age, gender), health and behavioral characteristics (e.g., diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease, Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs), types of staff abuse (e.g., physical, emotional), and factors beyond the immediate nursing home setting (e.g., emotional closeness of resident with family members) with RRA. Mplus statistical software was used for structural equation modeling. Main findings indicated that resident-on-resident mistreatment of elderly nursing home residents is associated with the age of the nursing home resident, all forms of staff abuse, all ADLs and IADLs, and emotional closeness of the older adult to the family.
AB - Few empirical investigations of elder abuse in nursing homes address the frequency and determinants of resident-on-resident abuse (RRA). A random sample of 452 adults with an older adult relative, ≥65 years of age, in a nursing home completed a telephone survey regarding elder abuse experienced by that elder family member. Using a Linear Structural Relations (LISREL) modeling design, the study examined the association of nursing home resident demographic characteristics (e.g., age, gender), health and behavioral characteristics (e.g., diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease, Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs), types of staff abuse (e.g., physical, emotional), and factors beyond the immediate nursing home setting (e.g., emotional closeness of resident with family members) with RRA. Mplus statistical software was used for structural equation modeling. Main findings indicated that resident-on-resident mistreatment of elderly nursing home residents is associated with the age of the nursing home resident, all forms of staff abuse, all ADLs and IADLs, and emotional closeness of the older adult to the family.
KW - Elder abuse in nursing homes
KW - LISREL design
KW - Latent variable modeling
KW - Nursing home social climate
KW - Resident-on-resident elder abuse
KW - Structural equation modeling
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U2 - 10.1016/j.archger.2015.05.003
DO - 10.1016/j.archger.2015.05.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 26026215
AN - SCOPUS:84938202190
VL - 61
SP - 277
EP - 284
JO - Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
JF - Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
SN - 0167-4943
IS - 2
ER -