Interviews with nursing assistants and residents revealed ways in which they experience respect, disrespect, attachment, and distancing in their relationships with each other. As a result of these findings, an inservice session on interpersonal respect was developed for nursing assistants. Manifestations of disrespect and strategies for promoting mutually respectful relationships among residents, their families, and staff in the facility are presented.
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Heiselman et al. (1991) studied this question.