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Whether you loved one is admitted to a nursing home for short term or long term care, you expect that care to be the best. However, there are times when the kind of care that is expected is not provided. Cases of nursing home abuse and neglect are on the rise, leading to a rise in abuse and neglect ...

Identity theft has become commonplace in the country. The elderly are perhaps one of the most vulnerable groups to having this crime happen to them. However, most people wouldn't expect a nursing home employee to be behind identity theft. An employee of a Gardendale, Alabama nursing home was arrest...

Most of us are taught to treat our elders with respect and dignity. When the time comes to place our older loved ones in a care facility, we hope that their caretakers will treat them with respect and dignity. Sadly, this is not always the case. A nursing home located in Barre, Vermont was closed...

If nursing home patients could make decisions on how their care facility was run, what would change? Would they have more say on when they woke up? On when they ate and more importantly, what they ate? One nursing home is focusing on patient-centered care and is achieving surprising results. One re...

Transcript: Someone who is thinking about placing their loved one in a nursing home may want to know the warning signs of an unstable facility. Each potential facility needs to be carefully evaluated before making the final decision. To begin, it is critical to look at the official records of an...

Transcript: There are many different types of elder abuse that can take place in a nursing home environment. One of the most talked about may be physical abuse, but emotional abuse takes place as well. Emotional abuse, sometimes called psychological or mental abuse, includes verbal abuse, intention...

Medical professionals are humans and make human errors at times. These errors can lead to charges of malpractice and neglect on behalf of the medical staff. When such errors are committed in skilled nursing facilities, their patients are more at risk of death or other serious complications. A pat...

Many nursing and care homes have a rigorous screening process when hiring staff. Because these facilities care for some of the most vulnerable patients, they must have processes in place. There are always chances, however, that a person can slip through the cracks and be hired when they shouldn't ha...

It can be hard to recognize the signs of elder abuse. This difficulty can be further complicated in a setting like an emergency room. Studies show that emergency room doctors and staff need to learn how to spot potential elder abuse and report it. According to two studies published in the Annals of...

The family of an elderly man who died while living at a small assisted living facility is suing the facility. The suit comes after the elderly man fell to the ground and laid there for hours before staff found him the next morning. He had lain on the ground so long, he had been bitten by ants. Calv...