Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect

While stories of nursing home and assisted living facility abuse and neglect continue to make headlines in Florida and across the nation, one subject you hear very little about is the violence often perpetrated by one resident against another. However, this is exactly...

It is frustrating to realize that the care your parent is receiving in a nursing home may be inadequate. It is even worse to think about your parent being the victim of neglect or abuse. Unfortunately, substandard care and violence are problems in far too many elderly...

The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) has targeted one of the state’s most successful administrators of nursing homes and other assisted-living facilities. Eight of the network’s facilities are on quality improvement plans enforced by AHCA after...

While Florida’s substantial senior population ensures that a high number of nursing homes operate within state lines, many people making decisions about where to place their aging parents are questioning the quality of care many elder loved ones receive in state...

With one of the highest populations of senior citizens in the United States, Florida is home to the largest system of senior care services and facilities. Families and friends of patients in nursing homes are often warned to look out for elder abuse, but those...

Florida’s senior citizens are best served by a robust system of nursing homes and other assisted-living facilities that can help them manage their lives during their golden years. While Florida has more nursing homes than any other state, it also leads the nation in...

Placing one of your parents in a Florida nursing home or assisted living facility can be difficult, but you may feel more comfortable doing so if you have complete faith in the care your loved one will receive. Regrettably, however, statistics show that elder abuse...

Nursing home patients are one of the most vulnerable populations in the United States. When you make the difficult decision to place your loved one in an assisted living facility, you are trusting the staff to provide the care and treatment necessary, but sometimes...