Posts in October, 2021

Oct 29 Nursing home staff use social media to humiliate and degrade residents

When you made the decision to place your parents, grandparents, or other loved ones in an assisted care facility, you did so with ...

Oct 28 Climate Disasters Pressure Nursing Home Preparedness

When people place their elderly loved ones in a nursing home, there are reasonable expectations regarding the kind of care they ...

Oct 27 Why Did a Nursing Home Put My Loved One on Antipsychotics?

We have discussed in previous posts the dangers of chemical restraints. Unscrupulous nursing home facilities will use medications ...

Oct 21 What are the seven types of elder abuse?

Entrusting your loved one to a facility will always take a heavy emotional toll and leave you wondering whether or not they will ...

Oct 19 Diuretic Drug May Become Alzheimer’s Treatment

A study released by the National Institute on Aging in October indicates that a commonly used oral diuretic may also be a ...

Oct 18 Is the Nursing Home Staff Really Communicating With Your Elderly Parent?

People with Alzheimer’s or dementia do better when the person caring for them understands their mental limits. When caregivers do ...