Resident on resident mistreatment an urgent problem
MDS 3.0 Insider, November 7, 2014
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Almost 20% of nursing home residents experience mistreatment from a fellow resident in a given month, according to findings announced in a collaboration by Weill Cornell Medical College and Cornell University.
Resident-on-resident mistreatment is common and underreported, and nursing home workers need to recognize the acute urgency of the problem, noted the study.
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