Data regarding cases of confirmed abuse or neglect in large state-operated facilities in 6 states were collected and analyzed. Neglect and physical abuse were the most common abuse types. Incidents occurred more frequently on the afternoon-early evening shift, particularly between 3 and 6 p.m., and more frequently in residential than in nonresidential areas. In-transit activities were found to be relatively risky. The major risk factors for victims were maladaptive behavior and previous abuse victimization. Staff perpetrators were more likely to be males, assigned to the afternoon shift, newer employees, and previous perpetrators. Abuse reporters tended to be newer employees, and the likelihood of reporting abuse was increased by recent related inservice. The findings should assist administrators in focusing abuse prevention efforts.
All spaces considered in this paper are Hausdorff. θX is a compactification of a completely regular space X means that X is identified with a dense subspace of θX. We shall thus always regard X to be contained in θX. A compactification θX of X is zero-dimension (countable) if its ‘outgrowth” θX ~ X is zero-dimensional (countable).
The major task of medicine with the geriatric population is to assist with the promotion of a vigorous quality of life and maintenance of function. The key to functioning is cognitive capacity. Evidence is offered that physicians are still not assessing their patients' intellectual functioning, despite its importance not just for coping, but also for the very maintenance of life. Dementia and delirium are too frequently missed. Deficits in attitude, skill, and knowledge all contribute to this failure. It must be addressed in medical education, both in medical school and in postgraduate medical education.
SynopsisThe perception of and attitude to drinking patterns in recovering problem drinkers (N= 29) is analysed, utilizing a similar methodology to that of Richard & Burley (1978). Fault is found, however, in the latter study both in a failure to define variables and in the authors' statistical handling of the results. In the present study, it was found that controlled drinking is only seen as close to the problem drinker's concept of himself when it entails reasonably high levels of consumption. The importance of this finding for therapy is outlined. The possible negative effects of role conflict are mentioned. It is also found that problem drinkers perceive themselves as having quite different characteristics from those they themselves attribute to alcoholics. This finding is interpreted in terms of the fundamental attribution error (Jones & Nisbett, 1972).
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