Nurses dont report abuse of the elderly
More than half of nurses would not report the abuse of an elderly person in their care, according to a survey published today. The poll of NHS and private sector nurses, conducted for Help the Aged, found that a lack of training, heavy workloads and fear of confrontation or of upsetting the victim all prevent nurses taking action.
The findings come amid growing evidence that elder abuse is a widespread problem in families, care homes and hospitals. A study by the National Centre for Social Research and Kings College London suggested that 342,000 older people living in private households are subject to some form of mistreatment every year in the UK.
A report by the parliamentary joint committee on human rights this month highlighted significant levels of abuse and neglect suffered by older people in care homes and hospitals.
Its latest study, based on 848 responses from readers of Nursing Standard and Nursing Older people, found that 58% of nurses would not report abuse of an older person because they fear having got it wrong.
The poll revealed that 68% of nurses felt a lack of training in how to deal with elder abuse was a barrier to them providing decent care.
From:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2157864,00.html
On June 22, 2006 Health Direct posted: Minister wants Dignity debate for caring for the elderly
when the new care services minister Ivan Lewis said that he wanted to make dignity of older people one of his top priorities.
Speaking at a session on the out of hospitals white paper, he said: ‘I want to make dignity an important theme in my time as a minister. ‘This is not a gimmick; just another initiative. It
should be at the heart of what we are doing.
As Health Direct also mused: Classic Labour tactic this. Ivan Lewis’s caring, sharing labour government announces a laudable new spin policy for caring for the elderly and frail. Brilliant
He then lambasts everybody else for not delivering his policy- when it’s his own fault because the Labour govt has not put a single new penny of money into the pot to pay for the new initiative.
Where is the money to pay for the extra nurses that you want to police your dignity policy, Mr Lewis?
The findings come amid growing evidence that elder abuse is a widespread problem in families, care homes and hospitals. A study by the National Centre for Social Research and Kings College London suggested that 342,000 older people living in private households are subject to some form of mistreatment every year in the UK.
A report by the parliamentary joint committee on human rights this month highlighted significant levels of abuse and neglect suffered by older people in care homes and hospitals.
Its latest study, based on 848 responses from readers of Nursing Standard and Nursing Older people, found that 58% of nurses would not report abuse of an older person because they fear having got it wrong.
The poll revealed that 68% of nurses felt a lack of training in how to deal with elder abuse was a barrier to them providing decent care.
From:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2157864,00.html
On June 22, 2006 Health Direct posted: Minister wants Dignity debate for caring for the elderly
when the new care services minister Ivan Lewis said that he wanted to make dignity of older people one of his top priorities.
Speaking at a session on the out of hospitals white paper, he said: ‘I want to make dignity an important theme in my time as a minister. ‘This is not a gimmick; just another initiative. It
should be at the heart of what we are doing.
As Health Direct also mused: Classic Labour tactic this. Ivan Lewis’s caring, sharing labour government announces a laudable new spin policy for caring for the elderly and frail. Brilliant
He then lambasts everybody else for not delivering his policy- when it’s his own fault because the Labour govt has not put a single new penny of money into the pot to pay for the new initiative.
Where is the money to pay for the extra nurses that you want to police your dignity policy, Mr Lewis?
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