TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Association of knowledge of adult protective services legislation with rates of reporting of abuse in Iowa nursing homes
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
A1  - Daly, Jeanette M.
A1  - Jogerst, Gerald J.
SP  - 113
EP  - 120
VL  - 6
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1525-8610
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2005.01.005
ID  - ref1
ER  -