Nursing Home Abuse

For many families, deciding to put their loved one in a nursing home is a big and emotional decision. If this applies to your situation, you likely investigated several facilities before choosing one. The goal is always to ensure your loved one receives the best care...

Nursing home maltreatment comes in many forms, like violence and neglect. That said, abuse doesn’t have to be physical to damage someone, i.e., financial abuse. According to NAPSA (National Adult Protective Services Association), only one out of 44 financial abuse...

A nursing home should provide the necessary care to its residents who are among the most vulnerable groups of people in society. It should be a haven for seniors living out their sunset years. Unfortunately, it is not always the case. The elderly are prone to nursing...

As a family, when you take the decision to house a vulnerable or elderly relative in a nursing home, you expect them to be treated with dignity and respect. Nursing homes owe a legal duty of care to their residents, and this should be honored at all times....

Most people have fallen out of bed at some point in their lives. It usually causes little more than a shock. Yet, if it happens to someone in a nursing home, the damage could be much more severe. Those in nursing homes are typically at the stage of life where their...

Pressure ulcers, which are better known as bed sores, are a type of painful skin condition that many people with mobility issues experience. While they can happen to anyone of any age, bedsores are extremely common in seniors.  In many cases, bedsores occur in cases...

Nursing home residents deserve to receive proper care from the staff members of the facility where they’re living. It’s unacceptable to think about any of these residents being abused or neglected while they’re in their new home. Unfortunately, abuse and neglect in...

As elderly people continue to age, one of the problems that some run into is that they can no longer eat or drink normally. They may have trouble swallowing or not taste food in the same way, so they may have no real appetite. In some cases, the medications that the...

People who are in nursing homes trust the staff members to meet their needs. They don’t think that they’re going to go through any type of maltreatment or abuse. Unfortunately, nursing home abuse is more common than most people realize.  Anyone who’s in a nursing home...

When the elderly go into nursing homes, they may already have a history of falls or being unbalanced while walking. An elderly person’s gait may change over time, and it’s realistic to expect that they could fall once or twice due to their own actions, like getting up...