The holiday season can be an isolating time for many Miami residents, but none more than individuals who live in nursing and assisted living facilities. This year, many residents of nursing homes have been unable to see their loved ones due to restrictions focused on...
Assisted Living Facility Abuse And Neglect
Looking at examples of emotional abuse in nursing homes
If you have experienced nursing home abuse, you likely have a number of hardships to overcome. Aside from the physical impact of mistreatment, many victims struggle from a psychological point of view as well. Moreover, many nursing home residents are subjected to...
How many of the highest ranking nursing homes are in Florida?
Choosing a nursing home for your loved one can be a daunting task. This is especially true given the nursing home abuse and neglect that is far too prevalent in our state and our country. Fortunately, there are organizations, professionals, and media outlets that can...
Access to food as a possible sign of nursing home neglect
There are several resources that every person requires to meet their basic needs for survival. Whether they live in North Miami or another part of the world, an individual needs food and shelter to meet their minimum needs. Without either, a person would soon starve...
New Alzheimer’s drug shows promising results
Alzheimer’s disease tears individuals and families apart. Watching a loved one decline on account of the disease is can be truly heartbreaking. Making matters is that the disease doesn’t receive the attention it deserves, and medical research has been far too limited...
Mistreatment of residents alleged at assisted living facility
When Floridians and people across the nation want to ensure an elderly loved one gets the care he or she needs, they will consider an assisted living facility. Compared to a nursing home, residents in assisted living facilities are better able to look after...
Problematic nursing homes not inspected during health crisis
Floridians who place an elderly loved one in a nursing home do so to ensure they have as high a quality of life as possible and are given the treatment and assistance they need. Unfortunately, some facilities are derelict in their duties, do not give residents what...
Things to look for in an assisted living facility
Selecting an assisted living facility for a family member is a weighty decision. Caregivers, however, can rely on certain standards to judge a facility and help prevent assisted living facility abuse and neglect. Assisted living Assisted living is housing is for...
Could behavioral changes be warning signs for elder abuse?
The National Council on Aging estimates that 10% of Americans over the age of 60 experience abuse, and looking for signs of that abuse can be vital in protecting your loved ones. Often, behavioral changes are the first sign that something is wrong in the home of our...
Has your loved one fallen in a nursing home?
Most people are aware of the impact that falls can have on elderly people. When your elderly loved one falls occur at a nursing home, however, you may have new concerns. Could this fall have been prevented? Was it the result of abuse or neglect? Can you hold...
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