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| Preface | |
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| Nursing Homes and Theories of Abuse | |
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| The Nature of Nursing Homes | |
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| Myths and Facts About Nursing Homes | |
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| How Nursing Homes Got Started | |
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| Nursing Homes As Bureaucracies | |
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| Nursing Homes As Total Institutions | |
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| Barriers to Nursing Home Abuse Research | |
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| Nursing Aides: The Backbone of Care in Nursing Homes | |
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| Workforce Issues and Problems of Nursing Home Aides | |
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| Narratives of Nursing Home Aides | |
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| Understanding Abuse | |
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| Why Nursing Homes May Be Good for Abusers | |
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| Nursing Homes and the Motivated Offender | |
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| Patients and Their Possessions As Suitable Targets | |
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| Guardianship in Nursing Homes | |
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| Countervailing Forces | |
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| Summary | |
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| Nursing Home Theft | |
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| Employees and Theft | |
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| Results from the Survey of Employees | |
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| Conclusions About Employees | |
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| The Victims and Their Families | |
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| Family Members' Reports of Theft | |
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| What Is Stolen? | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Preventing and Reducing Theft | |
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| Theft Precautions for Patients | |
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| Theft Precautions for Nursing Homes | |
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| Reporting of Theft | |
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| Theft Prevention Training Programs | |
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| Physical and Mental Maltreatment | |
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| Physical Abuse and Neglect | |
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| Abandonment, Segregation, and Neglect | |
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| Government Reform Committee | |
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| Types of Physical Abuse | |
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| Sexual Abuse | |
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| Neglect | |
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| Psychological Abuse and Neglect | |
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| Types of Psychological Abuse | |
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| Some Effects of Psychological Abuse | |
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| Neglect | |
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| Reducing the Risk of Physical and Psychological Abuse | |
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| Screening Practices | |
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| Staff Education and Training | |
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| Advocacy | |
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| Fraud, Reform, and Recommendations | |
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| Exploitation of Nursing Home Patients: Their Finances and Rights | |
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| Financial Abuse | |
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| Reform of Nursing Home Regulations | |
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| Summary and Conclusions | |
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| Methodology | |
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| Data Collection | |
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| Employee Questionnaires | |
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| Measuring Theft | |
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| Response Rates from the Survey of Employees | |
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| Victimization Survey | |
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| Family Members' Questionnaire | |
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| Glossary | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |