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Nursing home statutes: mistreatment definitions.

Jeanette M Daly¹, Gerald J Jogerst

¹Department of Family Medicine, University of Lowa, 200 Hawkins Drive, Lowa City, IA 52242, USA.

Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect

|April 19, 2007

Summary

Adult protective services (APS) statutes define elder mistreatment in domestic settings. This study compared these definitions with nursing home laws, finding inconsistencies and a need for standardized definitions in institutional settings.

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Area of Science:

Legal Studies
Gerontology
Public Health Policy

Background:

Adult protective services (APS) statutes in 49 states and DC define elder mistreatment in domestic settings.
Nursing home licensure laws address institutional mistreatment, potentially differing from APS definitions.

Purpose of the Study:

To describe and summarize mistreatment definitions in nursing home licensure statutes.
To compare these definitions with those in APS-related statutes.

Main Methods:

Searched Westlaw and Lexis-Nexis for APS and nursing home licensure statutes.
Two researchers reviewed and coded each statute's text.

Main Results:

Institutional mistreatment definitions are present in 14 states and DC's nursing home statutes.
No single state includes all 27 identified mistreatment definitions.
Commonly defined mistreatment types include physical/emotional abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, and sexual abuse.

Conclusions:

Standardized definitions for resident-to-resident and institutional mistreatment are needed in nursing home statutes.