When a parent moves in to a nursing home, it can be unnerving. Are they being cared for properly? Is their medicine being administered at the right time each day? Are they personal-care needs being met? Nothing is more important to us than to know Mom or Dad is OK...
Nursing homes can only offer so much care on-site. When an emergency happens, the elderly people who are suffering need to be taken to a hospital so that they can get proper care from medical professionals. Of the utmost importance is getting to the hospital in a...
Your dad has always been there for you, and now it’s up you to decide if it’s time to place him in a nursing home. You know that he has trouble with his memory, and over time, his ability to live on his own has gotten worse. You want to choose a memory care unit that...
Sometimes, seeking full-time care is the best thing for your loved ones. Scarily, though, abuse against residents in nursing homes is all too prevalent. While you can’t always be present, there things you can do to help lessen the possibility of abuse. The Nursing...
Neglect is, sadly, one of the most common ways that elderly adults experience abuse in nursing homes. While neglect can be both intentional and unintentional, it is unacceptable either way. The Nursing Home Abuse Center categorizes elder neglect in three ways:...
Your elderly parent has always been happy and expressive for as long as you can remember. Even when they started having trouble living alone, it did not dampen their spirits. Neither did the initial move to the nursing home. Now, though, six months into their stay,...
Finding your parents, or helping them find, a nursing home is a huge responsibility. You’ll want to make sure they land in just the right place -- one that fulfills the needs for their care and where the staff treats them with respect. Given Florida’s large population...
Resident-to-resident abuse is a lesser-known form of elder abuse in nursing homes, but one could argue that this form is more troubling due to its obscurity. Resident-to-resident abuse is a concern for individuals with parents or family members in long-term care...
Whether your elderly loved one still lives on their own, at an assisted living center or nursing home, you need to pay attention and help safeguard them from mistreatment of all kinds. One type of abuse you may not have thought of yet but is a cause for great concern...
