Abuse Prevention Guide - from Frontline Publishing - Brief Article

Nursing Homes, August, 2001

Frontline Publishing Corporation has released Abuse-Proofing Your Facility: A Practical Guide for Preventing Abuse in Long-Term Care Facilities. By providing specific administrative and organizational steps to prevent abuse, Abuse-Proofing Your Facility helps administrators take charge of the long-term care environment.

In addition to outlining the proactive policy measures administrators can take to reduce the likelihood of abuse, it spells out concrete techniques to help staff identify abuse, report it and manage the situations in which abuse most commonly occurs.