Title: Why are Residents Abused in Nursing Homes? - Reasons and Causes
Headings: Nursing Home Abuse Causes
Nursing Home Abuse Causes
What Causes Nursing Home Abuse?
Below are some of the top reasons why experts feel that nursing home abuse occurs:
Understaffed Workforce
Undertrained Staff
Undertrained staff can come in many forms:
Underpaid Staff
Other Caregiver Issues
Individual caregiver issues that cause nursing home abuse may include:
Poor Nursing Home Management
Lack of Consequences
Resident Risk Factors for Nursing Home Abuse
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Content: Below are some of the top reasons why experts feel that nursing home abuse occurs: Staffing shortages
Lack of staff training and experience
Underpaid staff
Poor supervision, management and accountability
Individual caregiver issues
Individual resident risk factors
Understaffed Workforce
Nursing homes can only operate to the best of their ability if they have the staff required to fulfill their duties. Staff can only provide the highest possible standard of care if they are supported by other staff and are working in a team environment. As soon as any organization—especially a nursing home—faces a staff shortage, responsibilities get dropped, standards of care fall and certain duties are neglected. This is because staff members are forced to start prioritizing certain needs of residents over others. Over time, this neglect can lead to long-term failure to provide basic needs which can constitute abuse. When a nursing home is chronically understaffed, it creates a stressful and hostile environment. The staff may even become disgruntled and bitter, feeling unsupported and ill-equipped to do their jobs. Understaffing is especially bad across the nursing home industry. According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the fewer nurses a home has on its staff means that its residents will get a lower standard of care.