NS Nursing home staff abused residents 30 times, list shows

Nursing home staff abused residents 30 times, list shows
Incidents 'disturbing signal' caregivers overworked, undertrained, says NDP
By MICHAEL TUTTON The Canadian Press
Tue. Jan 6 - 4:42 PM

N.S. nursing home staff abused residents 30 times over past year: records (Nursing-Home-Abuse)
Source: NO_OUT - The Canadian Press
Jan 06 13:54

Residents of nursing facilities in Nova Scotia suffered 30 incidents of physical, financial or emotional abuse by staff members over a one-year period, which an Opposition politician calls a ``disturbing'' signal that some caregivers are overworked and undertrained.

The list obtained by The Canadian Press under access to information laws is from 73 investigations done by the Health Department between Oct. 1, 2007, and Sept. 30, 2008. The investigations were done after complaints were filed under the Protection of Persons in Care Act, legislation that has been in force in the province for just over a year.

Health Department investigators determined there were 41 incidents of abuse at a wide variety of small and large nursing homes, as well as at hospital wards across the province.

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