Under Florida law, each judicial district can create an elder abuse fatality review team. This team reviews nursing home deaths, especially those in suspicious circumstances. These non-mandatory teams comprise people with experience in elder law: nurses, judges,...
Much of the focus recently regarding death and a lack of care in long-term care facilities centers on nursing homes. Assisted living facilities, however, are also struggling to keep up with an increased demand for care and patients are suffering as a result. You may...
As a nursing home resident or someone with a family member in nursing home care, you need information. In fact, information provides you with power over the care received. Visibility into the complaints, administrative orders and criminal actions against facilities...
For many families, it may not always be feasible to visit a loved one living in a nursing home. Whether this is due to distance or current social climates, you may be unable to consistently visit your elderly parents, or other family members, who reside in these...
Staffing is one of the primary issues facing nursing homes and other elder-care facilities in Florida and throughout the United States. Far too often, facilities try to protect their bottom line by understaffing and underpaying the staff they have employed. This...
When you have an older loved one, such as a parent or grandparent, you may be diligent in ensuring that they are healthy and safe. Many aging adults suffer from Alzheimer’s Disease. If you have an aging parent or loved one, how do you know if memory problems are...
When you are facing the decision to place your parent in a nursing home or another facility to live because of dementia, you should know the needs of your parent. You may have a general idea of what dementia is, but you should know that dementia does not progress in...
People who have Alzheimer’s disease often suffer from bouts of agitation. Agitation encompasses a set of behaviors where a patient may get easily upset, anxious or restless. These symptoms may disrupt the patient’s sleep cycle and cause them to become aggressive....
Often, the decision to place a loved one in a nursing home is difficult and emotional for the parties involved. Even so, family members expect that their loved ones will receive the best care in the nursing home. Unfortunately, this is not always the case and family...
In order to qualify for Medicaid, a patient must be below the income and asset threshold that the program sets forth. Any assets beyond the Medicaid limits usually qualify as resources and may go towards paying for some of the care that the patient receives....
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