Reports and Studies

• Elder Abuse in Residential Long-Term Care Facilities: What Is Known About Prevalence, Causes, and Prevention
  Excellent overview of elder abuse by Catherine Hawes, Ph.D., and given as testimony to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, June 18, 2002.
  
• Abuse and Neglect
  National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform fact sheet.
  
• National Clearinghouse on Family Violence (Canada)
  A project of Health Canada, this site includes links to discussion papers and annotated bibliographies on institutional abuse.
  
• Nursing Homes: More Can Be Done to Protect Residents from Abuse
  US General Accounting Office (GAO) report to Congress from March 2002, on law enforcement's role in responding to and investigating allegations of nursing home abuse. It focuses on experiences of three states: Georgia, Illinois, and Pennsylvania.
  
• The Silenced Voice Speaks Out
  Report of an Atlanta (Georgia) Legal Aid Society project to, among other things, "produce a study which contains quantifiable evidence on the abuse and neglect of Atlanta nursing home residents and which measures the timeliness and thoroughness of the state regulatory response."


• Nursing Home Compare provides data on quality measures including the percent of residents with pressure (bed) sores, percent of residents with physical restraints, and more. Online resources for elders and families include Guide to Choosing a Nursing Home and Nursing Home Checklist.