Developing a Research Agenda on Resident-to-Resident Aggression: Recommendations From a Consensus Conference |
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Authors: | Lynn McDonald Sander L. Hitzig Karl Andrew Pillemer Mark S. Lachs MD MPH Marie Beaulieu Patricia Brownell |
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Affiliation: | 1. Institute for Life Course and Aging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;2. Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canadalynn.mcdonald@utoronto.ca;4. Department of Human Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA;5. Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA;6. Research Centre on Aging, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada;7. Graduate School of Social Service, Fordham University, New York, New York, USA |
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Abstract: | This article provides an overview of the development of a research agenda on resident-to-resident aggression (RRA) in long-term care facilities by an expert panel of researchers and practitioners. A 1-day consensus-building workshop using a modified Delphi approach was held to gain consensus on nomenclature and an operational definition for RRA, to identify RRA research priorities, and to develop a roadmap for future research on these priorities. Among the six identified terms in the literature, RRA was selected. The top five priorities were: (a) developing/assessing RRA environmental interventions; (b) identification of the environmental factors triggering RRA; (c) incidence/prevalence of RRA; (d) developing/assessing staff RRA education interventions; and (e) identification of RRA perpetrator and victim characteristics. Given the significant harm RRA poses for long-term care residents, this meeting is an important milestone, as it is the first organized effort to mobilize knowledge on this under-studied topic at the research, clinical, and policy levels. |
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Keywords: | consensus workshop elder mistreatment research research–practice collaboration aggression assaultive behavior long-term care |
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