Evaluation of a Seven State Criminal History Screening Pilot Program for Long-Term Care Workers

Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 375-395

  Radcliff, Tiffany A ^a,b   White, Alan ^c   West, David R ^a   Hurd, Donna ^c   Côté, Murray J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Texas AandM ^*  (United States)

^c ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

criminal history processing; elder abuse; health policy; long term care; mixed methods; program evaluation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ELDER ABUSE; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LONG TERM CARE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFENDER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; POLICY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SAFETY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRIMINALS; ELDER ABUSE; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SECURITY MEASURES; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84882280786     PISSN: 08946566     EISSN: 15404129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08946566.2013.780955     Document Type: Article

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