No one ever wants to imagine their elderly loved ones getting abused by nursing home staffers or suffering due to negligent care received at the home. However, it happens much more often than we’d like to think. If you discover your loved one suffered abuse or injury...
If you live in a nursing home or one of your family members stays in a long-term care facility, it is important to understand how prevalent nursing home abuse actually is. Sadly, many instances of nursing home abuse are never addressed and those who violate the rights...
Finding the right health care facility in Florida for those needing around-the-clock attention is getting more difficult by the day. Nursing homes are typically over-populated with residents and under-staffed at the same time, which often does not bode well for those...
Your father has been in a nursing home for about two months. During each visit to the facility, you notice he is gradually looking more ill. Something is not right, and you suspect that he may not be getting enough water. Your educated guess is that he suffers from...
Nursing homes have to pay fines when they provide inadequate care for their residents. The funds become part of a state’s Civil Penalty funds. Then care facilities can apply for grants to use those funds, to improve their residents’ quality of life. Yet elder care...
Nursing home operators must protect the safety of its residents against natural and manmade threats. But 90 days after Hurricane Irma in 2017, there were 665 more nursing home deaths in Florida compared to a similar period in 2015. Failure to protect residents may be...
Placing a loved one in a nursing home can come with both relief and stress. On one hand, you might feel like your elderly relative or friend has unlimited access to help. On the other hand, neglect due to understaffing happens at nursing homes across the country. So,...
Over 2 million U.S. workers provider in-home health services to those in need. Whether fighting a short-term illness, in the midst of a long-term battle or looking to find comfort in the last stages of life these medical professionals can provide needed healthcare...
In the current times we find ourselves living in, we all know that nursing home residents are a vulnerable population during disasters. However, what we did not know, until recently, is that nursing home residents are at a higher risk of death after disasters, like...
While many people understand that a day may come when their aging parents can no longer care for themselves, it doesn’t make the circumstances any easier when that day arrives. Whether you have been looking for a way to bring up the topic for a while delicately or a...
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