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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 | |