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Factors associated with aggressive behavior between residents and staff in nursing homes
Aggression in long-term care can show up as swearing and threats, hitting or hair-pulling, and even unwanted sexual advances. Smaller studies have blamed everything from dementia severity and low staff-to-resident ratios to poor leadership and worker burnout, but we’ve never had a big, representative look at all these angles in one go. The Swiss Nursing…
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A New Approach to Situational Awareness Training for Occupational Violence and Aggression
Generic de‑escalation training often looks good on paper and fizzles on the floor. A new study shows a different path: build simple, situation‑specific playbooks, drill them, and measure what matters. The result? Fewer incidents, less severe harm, and staff who feel more equipped to cope. A research summary of:Source: Cai et al., “The effectiveness of a…