1. A staff intervention targeting resident-to-resident elder mistreatment (R-REM) in long-term care increased staff knowledge, recognition and reporting: Results from a cluster randomized trial.
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Jeanne Teresi, A., Ramirez, Mildred, Ellis, Julie, Silver, Stephanie, Boratgis, Gabriel, Kong, Jian, P. Eimicke, Joseph, Pillemer, Karl, and S. Lachs, Mark
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PREVENTION of abuse of older people , *NURSING home employees , *ABUSE of older people , *CHI-squared test , *CLUSTER analysis (Statistics) , *DOCUMENTATION , *INTERVIEWING , *LONG-term health care , *LONGITUDINAL method , *NURSING home patients , *NURSING care facilities , *PERSONNEL management , *POISSON distribution , *RESEARCH funding , *STATISTICAL sampling , *STATISTICAL hypothesis testing , *T-test (Statistics) , *EVALUATION research , *RANDOMIZED controlled trials , *HEALTH literacy , *EVALUATION of human services programs , *DATA analysis software , *EDUCATION ,RESEARCH evaluation - Abstract
Background: Elder abuse in long-term care has received considerable attention; however, resident-to-resident elder mistreatment (R-REM) has not been well researched. Preliminary findings from studies of R-REM suggest that it is sufficiently widespread to merit concern, and is likely to have serious detrimental outcomes for residents. However, no evidence-based training, intervention and implementation strategies exist that address this issue. Objectives: The objective was to evaluate the impact of a newly developed R-REM training intervention for nursing staff on knowledge, recognition and reporting of R-REM. Design: The design was a prospective cluster randomized trial with randomization at the unit level. Methods: A sample of 1405 residents (685 in the control and 720 in the intervention group) from 47 New York City nursing home units (23 experimental and 24 control) in 5 nursing homes was assessed. Data were collected at three waves: baseline, 6 and 12 months. Staff on the experimental units received the training and implementation protocols, while those on the comparison units did not. Evaluation of outcomes was conducted on an intent-to-treat basis using mixed (random and fixed effects) models for continuous knowledge variables and Poisson regressions for longitudinal count data measuring recognition and reporting. Results: There was a significant increase in knowledge post-training, controlling for pretraining levels for the intervention group (p < 0.001), significantly increased recognition of R-REM (p < 0.001), and longitudinal reporting in the intervention as contrasted with the control group (p = 0.0058). Conclusions: A longitudinal evaluation demonstrated that the training intervention was effective in enhancing knowledge, recognition and reporting of R-REM. It is recommended that this training program be implemented in long-term care facilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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