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...
Nursing Home Neglect
Could your loved one be the victim of chemical restraint?
As our loved ones get older, it can be difficult for them to manage their daily medication on their own. Because of this, many elderly people rely on nursing home staff to ensure that they receive the medication they need. While sedatives, anti-anxiety medication or...
Sepsis doesn’t have to happen to nursing home residents
Sepsis is a life-threatening medical condition. Commonly referred to as a “blood infection,” sepsis is actually an extreme immunological response to an infection somewhere in the body. As the victim’s body tries to fight off the infection, chemicals in their...
The link between mental stimulation and Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease is something with no known cure, so it is often presented as something that advances over time without any checks once it has been diagnosed. If an elderly person has it, the family expects it to keep progressing, and they know it could eventually...
Who is liable for elopement from a long-term care facility?
Every adult child with a parent in a long-term care facility fears getting a call from an employee of that facility, knowing that it’s probably not good news. The thing they usually dread the most is a call informing them of their parent or loved one’s death. However,...
What constitutes abandonment in a nursing home?
Neglect is, sadly, one of the most common ways that elderly adults experience abuse in nursing homes. While neglect can be both intentional and unintentional, it is unacceptable either way. The Nursing Home Abuse Center categorizes elder neglect in three ways:...
Bedsores in nursing homes: What causes them
Bedsores (which are often called “pressure ulcers” by those in the medical field) are basically skin wounds caused by nothing more than repeated pressure and force against the body -- often from the victim’s own body. They typically occur anywhere that a patient’s...
3 charged in connection with nursing home death
Assisted living facilities are there to make sure people who need help with their own care can get it. The majority of nursing homes employ sufficient numbers of professional clinical staff to provide a good quality of care, but the workload can be enough to push...
Nursing home sued after heat-related death
People are reaching advanced age at a rate never seen before in history. This is an excellent addition to the quality of life that many Americans can expect, although it requires new standards of care for many of our elder citizens. Nursing homes and other residential...
Criminal charges follow neglect in nursing homes
Assisted living is a big business in Florida. The Sunshine State has the highest average population and the largest number of senior citizens in the country, and many of our elder family and friends need a little extra help keeping their lives safe and happy. Although...
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