Elder Abuse in Nursing Homes: How Do We Advance the Field of Elder Justice?
Authors: XinQi Dong
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2016)

Editorials16 August 2016Elder Abuse in Nursing Homes: How Do We Advance the Field of Elder Justice?XinQi Dong, MD, MPHXinQi Dong, MD, MPHFrom Rush Institute for Health Aging, Chicago, Illinois.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/M16-1161 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Elder abuse (EA) is a common, fatal, and costly public health issue that affects an estimated 10% of the 64.9 million community-dwelling U.S. elderly adults (1). The White House, U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, U.S. Department of Justice, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Institute of Medicine, and Administration for Community Living have all called for EA to be named an urgent public health issue. An estimated 1.4 million people reside in nursing homes (2), but little is known about EA among these residents.Lachs and colleagues (3) examine the prevalence and correlates of resident-to-resident elder mistreatment (R-REM) of 2011 ...References1. Dong X. Elder abuse: systematic review and implications for practice. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2015;63:1214-38. [PMID: 26096395] doi:10.1111/jgs.13454 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Harris-Kojetin L, Sengupta M, Park-Lee E, Valverde R, Caffrey C, Rome V, et al. Long-term care providers and services users in the United States: data from the national study of long-term care providers, 2013–2014. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics; 2016. Accessed at www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_03/sr03_038.pdf on 3 May 2016. Google Scholar3. Lachs MS, Teresi JA, Ramirez M, van Haitsma K, Silver S, Eimicke JP, et al. The prevalence of resident-to-resident elder mistreatment in nursing homes. 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Garcia M, Gieger K. Rauner signs bill allowing nursing home residents to install cameras. Chicago: Chicago Tribune; 2015. Accessed at www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-signs-vetoes-legislation-met-0823-20150821-story.html on 15 May 2016. Google Scholar9. Sedensky M. Nursing homes turn to eviction to drop difficult patients. Chicago: Chicago Tribune; 2016. Accessed at www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–nursing-homes-eviction-20160508-story.html on 15 May 2016. Google Scholar10. Dong X, Simon MA. Enhancing national policy and programs to address elder abuse. JAMA. 2011;305:2460-1. [PMID: 21673299] doi:10.1001/jama.2011.835 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From Rush Institute for Health Aging, Chicago, Illinois.Grant Support: By the National Institute on Aging (grants R01 AG042318, R01 MD006173, R01 NR14846, R01 CA163830, R34MH100443, R34MH100393, P20CA165588, R24MD001650, and RC4 AG039085), Paul B. Beeson Award in Aging, The Starr Foundation, American Federation for Aging Research, John A. Hartford Foundation, and The Atlantic Philanthropies.Disclosures: Disclosures can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M16-1161.Corresponding Author: XinQi Dong, MD, MPH, Rush Institute for Health Aging, Rush University Medical Center, 1645 West Jackson, Suite 675, Chicago, IL 60612; e-mail, [email protected]edu.This article was published at www.annals.org on 14 June 2016. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoThe Prevalence of Resident-to-Resident Elder Mistreatment in Nursing Homes Mark S. Lachs , Jeanne A. Teresi , Mildred Ramirez , Kimberly van Haitsma , Stephanie Silver , Joseph P. Eimicke , Gabriel Boratgis , Gail Sukha , Jian Kong , Alexandra M. Besas , Maria Reyes Luna , and Karl A. Pillemer Metrics Cited byA Time to Collaborate2015 Rosalie Wolf Memorial Award Lecture: Past, present, and future of elder abuse 16 August 2016Volume 165, Issue 4Page: 288-289KeywordsAgingDementiaDisclosureElderlyGlobal healthHealth care facilitiesLegislationLong-term careNursing homesPrevention, policy, and public health ePublished: 14 June 2016 Issue Published: 16 August 2016 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2016 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...