Long-term care ombudsmen are advocates who empower and assist residents with complaints relating to quality of care and violations of resident rights in assisted living (AL) and skilled nursing facilities (SNF). Given that long-term care residents are vulnerable to elder abuse, neglect and exploitation (ANE), and existing gaps in the literature addressing ANE in AL, more research is needed to understand the prevalence of ANE in these communities. Ombudsman complaint data (n = 140,497 complaints) in 3,171 Texas long-term care facilities were analyzed using proportion Z tests. Findings showed that SNF had higher rates of ANE per resident. For both AL and SNF, verbal/psychological abuse was the most reported type of ANE and sexual abuse was the least reported. AL residents had disproportionately high rates of financial exploitation. We explored factors that may contribute to these findings and recommend strategies for preventing ANE.

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辅助生活中的虐待，忽视和剥削：检查长期护理申诉专员的投诉数据。

长期护理申诉专员是倡导者，他们授权并协助居民提出有关护理质量以及在辅助生活（AL）和熟练护理设施（SNF）中侵犯居民权利的投诉。鉴于长期护理的居民容易遭受虐待，忽视和剥削（ANE）的困扰，并且在解决AL中的ANE的文献中存在空白，因此需要更多的研究来了解ANE在这些社区中的流行。使用比例Z测试分析了3,171个德克萨斯州长期护理机构的监察员投诉数据（n = 140,497投诉）。调查结果表明，SNF的每位居民ANE发生率更高。对于AL和SNF，言语/心理虐待是报告最多的ANE类型，而性虐待报告最少。AL居民的金融剥削率极高。