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Violent residents a problem at Iowa nursing homes
Healthcare Security Weekly, November 20, 2006
Because of the growing number of assaults on Iowa nursing home staff by residents with Alzheimer's disease, some facilities are considering eliminating the specialized care units that provide services for residents with this mentally debilitating disease, reported The Des Moines Register.
While not all of the 68,000 Iowans with Alzheimer's disease are aggressive, nursing home residents with the disease can potentially put other seniors' safety at risk. Some nursing homes are also concerned with the cost of maintaining dementia-specific units because facilities are not reimbursed extra for the one-on-one care these residents need, along with the physical and emotional risk to employees and other residents, reported The Register.
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