(Reuters Health) - For many home healthcare aides, verbal abuse from clients or clients' family is a real problem, a U.S. study suggests. Caregivers who reported verbal abuse were also more likely to report physical abuse, researchers found. Verbal abuse can hurt these aides' long-term health and lead to higher turnover rates, said senior study author Margaret Quinn, who is director of an industry outreach initiative called Safe Home Care Project at the University of Massachu

By Manas Mishra (Reuters Health) - For many home healthcare aides, verbal abuse from clients or clients' family is a real problem, a U.S. study suggests. Caregivers who reported verbal abuse were also more likely to report physical abuse, researchers found. Verbal abuse can hurt these aides' long-term health and lead to higher turnover rates, said senior study author Margaret Quinn, who is director of an industry outreach initiative called Safe Home Care Project at the Univer