North Miami Nursing Home Abuse Blog
Changes in mood or personality can warn of nursing home abuse
As people get older, their personalities may naturally change. After all, their daily life, circle of friends and many other influences that impact their personality will change as they age. It is also common for people to experience minor depression as a result of...
Has your loved one missed their medication? It could be neglect.
Many of our elderly loved ones rely on medication to treat chronic illnesses, maintain healthy blood pressure, uphold their mental health and prevent other health concerns. However, if that medication is not administered properly, their health can suffer. As the New...
The link between mental stimulation and Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease is something with no known cure, so it is often presented as something that advances over time without any checks once it has been diagnosed. If an elderly person has it, the family expects it to keep progressing, and they know it could eventually...
Is elder abuse more common than people think?
If pressed, most people would likely acknowledge that elder abuse is possible and that it happens in the United States, but how concerned would they really be? Much of the time, they act as if it is something rare and unfortunate, a thing that happens but not...
Risk factors that could lead to physical or mental elder abuse
Your parents are beginning to reach a particular stage of life. A stage where everyday tasks have become more challenging to manage. In-home care or admission into a nursing home or long-term or assisted living facility has begun to reveal itself as the best option to...
Ways nursing home staff can financially abuse residents
When you think of nursing home abuse, you might think of somebody physically hurting your loved one or perhaps neglecting them to the point where they wind up sick or injured. While those are both potential risks for residents in nursing homes, there are other, more...
Who is liable for elopement from a long-term care facility?
Every adult child with a parent in a long-term care facility fears getting a call from an employee of that facility, knowing that it’s probably not good news. The thing they usually dread the most is a call informing them of their parent or loved one’s death. However,...
Taking elderly falls seriously
For elderly Americans, falls are one of the greatest risks they face. This is true at home, in nursing homes, in assisted living facilities and anywhere else. It is sometimes harder for younger people to fully grasp the risk here. They can imagine minor injuries from...
Florida’s ranking in nursing home quality of care
Those who have placed an elderly loved one in a nursing home or assisted living facility often worry about how their family members are faring. Unless you are a care provider yourself or can visit every day, it can be difficult to spot any signs of nursing home abuse...
What are the signs of malnutrition in elderly patients
It’s a difficult adjustment to trust the care of your loved one to the staff and administrators of an assisted living facility or a nursing home. You need 24-hour care for a loved one living with dementia and other degenerative disorders, care that you can’t give them...
