1. The Relationship Between Volunteer Long-Term Care Ombudsmen and Regulatory Nursing Home Actions
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Nelson Hw, Walter Kl, and Ruth Huber
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Adult ,Male ,Volunteers ,medicine.medical_specialty ,education ,Patient Advocacy ,Elder Abuse ,Oregon ,Nursing ,medicine ,Complaint ,Humans ,Sanctions ,Nurse education ,health care economics and organizations ,Primary nursing ,Aged ,Aged, 80 and over ,Health Facility Size ,Analysis of Variance ,business.industry ,Nursing research ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,Nursing Homes ,Long-term care ,Team nursing ,Family medicine ,Regression Analysis ,Female ,Geriatrics and Gerontology ,business ,Gerontology ,Older Americans Act - Abstract
This study assesses the relationship between the presence of Oregon volunteer long-term care ombudsmen and externally handled abuse complaints, survey reports, and regulatory sanctions. In 1987, new amendments to the Older Americans Act mandated long-term care ombudsmen access to nursing homes. No studies have systematically examined the relationship between these empowered ombudsmen programs and regulatory abuse investigations, survey findings, or sanction activities. Contrary to pre-1987 studies, this research found that the presence of ombudsmen was related to increased abuse reporting and abuse complaint substantiations, more survey deficiencies, and higher sanction activity.
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- 1995
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