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Have you witnessed elder abuse in your workplace? (e.g. hitting, pusing, kicking, verbal)
Which of the following do you think increases the risk of elder abuse in your workplace?
Abuse
entrenched,
widespread:
survey
Staff and residents are
routinely victims at facilities,
workers in NSW report.
A
survey of aged-care workers in
New South Wales has highlighted
abuse as a far-reaching and
complex issue, one that is unlikely to be
resolved without a co-ordinated federal
and state approach.
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’
Association (NSWNMA) report Who Will
Keep Me Safe? Elder Abuse in Residential
Aged Care stated it’s clear that staff
working in aged-care facilities face daily
challenges trying to meet the needs of
people in their care whilst ensuring that
they and other residents are adequately
protected against assault.
Acting general secretary of the
NSWNMA, Judith Kiejda, said the
union’s members confirmed that abuse
from resident to resident accounts for
12 agedcareinsite.com.au
a substantial percentage of incidents
observed in these aged-care settings.
“More than 20 per cent of aged-care
nurses we spoke to said they witnessed
resident-to-resident abuse once or twice
a week,” Kiejda said, adding a [