@article{ref1,
title="Association of knowledge of adult protective services legislation with rates of reporting of abuse in Iowa nursing homes",
journal="Journal of the American Medical Directors Association",
year="2005",
author="Daly, Jeanette M. and Jogerst, Gerald J.",
volume="6",
number="2",
pages="113-120",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1525-8610",
doi="10.1016/j.jamda.2005.01.005",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2005.01.005"
}