Maltreatment of Patients in Nursing Homes: There Is No Safe Place

by Diana K. Harris, Diana Harris, Harold G Koenig

Book Overview

"Abuse, although often not detected or reported, existed in every facility we surveyed. It is a serious problem."

Old, weak, and often cognitively impaired, nursing home patients can be easy targets for physical, psychological, material, and financial mistreatment at the hands of those entrusted with their care, safety, and well-being. Maltreatment of Patients in Nursing Homes: There Is No Safe Place examines the dark side of nursing homes,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789023261
• ISBN13: 9780789023261
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.0" x 8.3"