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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 complaints about nursing homes …

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 prohibited these arbitration agreements in the first major overhaul of rules since 1991. …

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 living wills. According to the Chicago …

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 …

One would think that if a sex-offender needed to be placed into the care of a nursing home that they would be isolated and that the families of other patients would be notified. Not so, according to the Iowa Supreme court in a case involving an 88-year-old habitual sex offender. As USA Today reports, Iowa …

The crime against the elderly that is growing the fastest is financial abuse. Last year, 33 states along with the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico considered measures against the financial abuse of a senior citizen.  As the New York Times reports, several states are considering stiffer penalties for this kind of abuse. Alabama passed …

Elder abuse is one of the least reported crimes that is on the rise in America. And the senior population is also on the rise, leading some lawmakers to reexamine the penalties for elder abuse. As MYNorthwest.com reports, Washington state passed new laws regarding elder abuse. Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson championed new laws …

Elder abuse, like any form of abuse, can happen to anyone. Financial elder abuse is especially on the uptick – and the perpetrators of this form of abuse aren’t typically the staff at nursing homes. Those who commit financial elder abuse are typically family members. Even celebrities can become victims of this kind of abuse, …

Residents of nursing homes often have needs that are time-consuming for staff members. Some patients require around the clock observation, especially when eating to prevent incidents of choking. The Chicago Tribune reports that one nursing home failed to provide this critical observation for a patient, leading to her death and a wrongful death lawsuit. 89-year-old …