Preventing Abuse by Providing Appropriate Care:
The Role of the GNA

This three video series outlines strategies for preventing abuse and neglect and emphasizes the importance of providing proper care and documentation.

3 DVD series
series price: $400

Preventing Abuse: Pressure Sores

Order# AB413
Content by Debra Wertheimer, MD; Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP; and Donna Senft, JD

interactive discussion and resident vignettes
23 minutes
title price: $150; $75 rental

Improper care of existing pressure sores and negligent care allowing new pressure sores to develop results in painful health deterioration for residents. This is abuse. Discussion includes the GNA’s vital role in reporting pressure sore information, providing appropriate care and the devastating consequences of improper care.

Preventing Abuse: Safety Measures

Order# AB414
Content by Debra Wertheimer, MD; Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP; and Donna Senft, JD

interactive discussion and resident vignettes
24 minutes
title price: $150; $75 rental

Allowing residents to be un-safe, is definitely a form of abuse. This program shares ways to better communicate and report safety issues. Discussion includes the GNA’s essential role in providing safety for residents.

Preventing Abuse: Hydration/Nutrition

Order# AB415
Content by Debra Wertheimer, MD;
Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP; and Donna Senft, JD

interactive discussion and resident vignettes
21 minutes
title price: $150; $75 rental

Lack of attention to hydration and nutrition with elderly residents results in unnecessary health deterioration. In a series of clinical vignettes, Dr. Wertheimer and nursing assistants check on residents at-risk for hydration and nutrition problems focusing on their special care needs.

Preventing Abuse by Providing Appropriate Care: The Role of the GNA

Preventing Abuse: Pressure Sores

Preventing Abuse: Safety Measures

Preventing Abuse by Providing Appropriate Care:
The Role of the GNA