Resident-to-resident aggression in long-term care facilities: Insights from focus groups of nursing home residents and staff

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1398-1408

  Rosen, Tony ^a   Lachs, Mark S ^a   Bharucha, Ashok J ^b   Stevens, Scott M ^c   Teresi, Jeanne A ^d,e   Nebres, Flor ^a   Pillemer, Karl ^f  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia related behaviors; Focus groups; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DIETITIAN; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; JEALOUSY; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; NOISE; NURSE; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; RACISM; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL WORKER; TERRITORIALITY; VERBAL HOSTILITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGGRESSION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ELDER ABUSE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENTS' ROOMS; PREJUDICE; RISK FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 51249109049     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01808.x     Document Type: Article

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