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Everything these days seems to be rated by stars. Hotels, resorts, restaurants, even childcare. With the ratings usually going from one star being the lowest to five stars being the highest, these ratings allow people to tell – at a glance – how good or how bad a place is. This includes nursing home...

We would all like to think that we have the backs of our elderly loved ones. We keep an eye out for signs that they may be experiencing neglect or abuse. However, sometimes it is the diligence of complete strangers that end up catching abuse that we miss. As the Mansfield News Journal reports, two b...

The have been incidents recently reported in the news across the nation of nursing home employees capturing embarrassing photos of residents and posting them on social media. The family of one of these victims is now looking to be compensated for the exploitation by suing the nursing home, as KXAN r...

You would think that the mentally ill who are in need of treatment can get it at a mental health facility. However, that is not always the case. The Miami Herald reports that in Missouri, more and more mental health patients are being sent to nursing homes. Here, they languish and rarely get the car...

Visiting a nursing home every week may not be on the agenda for most people – especially if they have no loved one residing there. Yet, may state Long Term Care Ombudsman’s Offices rely on volunteers to help them do their jobs. As the Washington Post reports, these volunteers often resolve complaint...

Many nursing homes and long-term care facilities had, amid their pages and pages of contracts signed upon admission, arbitration agreements. These agreements often prevented families from seeking justice for wrongdoing in court. However, last November, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ...

Nursing homes are often where loved ones go at the end of their lives. Patients in these facilities are often suffering from health conditions and complications that are irreversible. However, the decision of whether or not to attempt to resuscitate is often left to the family or the patient’s livin...

The decision that we must make when we realize we can no longer care for elderly or disabled loved ones is often a hard one. Placing them into a care facility to provide the care that cannot be provided by loved ones is often a last resort action. We expect these facilities to care for them in the w...

Transcript: Gangrene is a condition in which tissue decays and dies from lack of blood. Blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the cells, so when blood flow is cut off, the affected part of the body can no longer survive. Amputations as a result of gangrene number in the tens of thousands each year ...

Transcript: Gangrene is a serious medical condition where tissue and muscle dies. It is caused by the reduction or loss of blood circulation to the affected area. Because the blood is not able to supply the tissue with oxygen, nutrients, and antibodies to fight infection, the tissue simply cannot s...