When you leave your loved one at a nursing home facility, you expect the staff to care for their residents with kindness and compassion. They have all the training and knowledge needed to give them all of this alongside their medical treatments, after all. But there...
Elderly people in Florida who require 24/7 care may be looked after in a nursing home or an assisted living facility. While nursing homes are considered clinical settings with medical personnel on staff, assisted living facilities are more like shared homes with...
When your loved one enters an assisted living facility, he or she may feel as if they have no say in anything. However, the Florida Statutes give residents specific rights to ensure they maintain the ability to live well and stand up for themselves should that be...
Caring for an elderly loved one in Florida is often challenging, especially if she requires special assistance or medical care. A nursing home or senior care facility may meet her needs better than an in-home nurse. However, depending on the facility, it may also make...
Less than 5% of the nursing homes in Florida and around the country account for an overwhelming number of the elderly abuse and neglect cases reported or discovered each year. This was among the discoveries made by U.S. Senate investigators who studied nursing home...
Instances of emotional and psychological abuse in nursing homes and assisted living facilities are more prevalent than the American public may know. The World Health Organization notes that this type of abuse is more common than others, including cases of neglect and...
The problems which exist in traditional, institutional nursing homes are myriad in scope. Even beyond outright neglect and abuse, low staffing ratios and overall safety concerns endemic to large, institutional nursing homes have existed and caused many problems within...
Bedsores are one of the most common injuries elderly persons sustain during their residencies in nursing homes. Because of the frequency with which they occur, most people write them off as “normal” or even “minor,” but you should not. If you notice that an elderly...
With nursing home abuse and neglect on the rise in Florida, a new bill may provide a solution. This bill is a part of a larger agenda that provides funding to expand community- and home-based care across the country. What is nursing home neglect? Negligence at nursing...
It is an elderly person’s worst nightmare: living with reduced health and strength in a nursing home or assisted living facility, and being mistreated and robbed by the very people charged with providing care. For elderly residents and for their children, this is a...
