This article reports findings obtained in a study that sought to identify factors that influence the willingness of persons associated with and involved in 24-hour residential care to report possible abuse and neglect events. A total of 598 respondents from 33 counties in 5 states were presented with a potentially reportable abuse or neglect situation and were asked to indicate their willingnes...

OBJECTIVES To assess the use of the Voluntary Step Execution Test to identify fallers. DESIGN Cross-sectional retrospective. SETTING Two self-care, residential facilities. PARTICIPANTS a total of 100 healthy old volunteers (mean age = 78.4 +/- 5.7). MEASUREMENTS The study investigated the use of the Voluntary Step Execution Test to identify fallers under single and dual-task conditions....

BACKGROUND Despite high levels of participation in dementia education, general practitioners (GPs) and residential care facility (RCF) staff report perceived learning needs. Small group education, which is flexible, individualized, practical and case-based, is sought. We aimed to develop educational interventions for GPs and RCF staff tailored to meet their perceived educational needs. METHOD...

AIMS To test the relationship between greenery in gardens at residential facilities for older people and the self-perceived health of residents, mediated by experiences of being away and fascination when in the garden and the frequency of visitation there. To examine how these indirect effects vary with the number of physical barriers to visiting the garden. BACKGROUND Many older people in re...

This article describes two power mobility training protocols used with seniors and compares posttraining driving performance. Twelve users of power mobility were consecutively recruited from two residential facilities in Toronto, Canada. The aim of training at both sites was to make clients comfortable with and safe at driving power mobility devices. The content of training was similar, but tra...

Although power mobility has many potential benefits for users, power mobility incidents and accidents are a serious concern. To date, little research has explored power mobility safety, and no gold standard exists to determine whether the user is a safe driver. As a possible alternative to a facility unilaterally imposing regulations on power mobility users, we conducted a research project in w...

The academic environment confronting the university risk manager is among the most diverse and challenging in terms of risk exposures. The array of loss control concerns facing risk management professionals at universities and colleges is often much wider than those of their peers in industry and commerce. Activities at a university can include running a construction site for campus expansion, ...

In the United States, as many as 1 in 10 older adults and 47% of persons with dementia living at home experience some form of mistreatment (IOM, 2013). Elder mistreatment results in diminished well-being and quality of life, and violates the rights of older adults to be safe and free from violence. Elder mistreatment can occur anywhere--in the home, in care and residential facilities and in the...

BACKGROUND Residential treatment for alcoholism is associated with high completion rates for clients, yet there appear to be gender disparities in patient referrals and treatment completion rates. We studied whether (A) gender is associated with differential patient placement to outpatient vs. residential treatment facilities and (B) completion rates differ by gender. METHODS In this cross-se...