Citation

Daly JM, Jogerst GJ. J. Am. Med. Dir. Assoc. 2005; 6(2): 113-120.

Affiliation

Department of Family Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. jeanette-daly@uiowa.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1016/j.jamda.2005.01.005

PMID

15871896

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: 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. DESIGN: Survey. SETTING: Iowa's 409 Medicare certified nursing homes. PARTICIPANTS: Four hundred nine administrators and 409 directors of nursing. MEASUREMENTS: Nursing home abuse incidents, reports, and substantiations, Medicare's Nursing Home Compare Reports, Urban Influence Codes, and county census demographics. RESULTS: 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. CONCLUSIONS: 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.

Language: en