About one third of the nursing homes in the United States have been cited for abuse. Because neglect and abuse often go unreported, the real number of facilities with abusive staff is unknown. In 2003 USA today reported statistics estimating that one half of all nursing home patients are suffering from untreated pain.
Nursing home abuse and neglect are widespread problem that attacks the very people we are trying most to protect: our senior citizens. Most of us are fortunate enough to know someone and care for someone who has made it to what we call old age.
These people are fonts of knowledge with a lifetime’s worth of experiences built up to share with us. They are often treated as beloved burdens, however, foisted off into nursing homes and (more…)
Verbal abuse in a nursing home is abuse, no matter which way you want to look at it. Yelling, name calling, degrading comments, and derogatory remarks all constitute abuse. There is no denying that people, whether elderly or young, can be frustrating, and we all want to yell at people from time to time. However, it’s detrimental to the sense of safety of others, and thus it classifies as nursing home abuse.
A nursing home lawsuit (more…)
Assisted living facilities are rapidly becoming the nursing homes of the future. According to the National Academy for State Health Policy, more than 36,000 licensed facilities are operating nationwide.[1] Because there is no common definition for these facilities, however, this number may not adequately reflect their prevalence.
Although most litigation in the long-term-care field over the last 10 years has involved nursing home (more…)
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