Blog: Nursing Home Abuse - Page 13

When injuries occur in a nursing home, they must be reported to state health agencies and those agencies, in turn, must investigate. At times, even the authorities like the police must get involved and make arrests.  As the Gwinnett Daily Post reports, the state’s main health agency is investigating the death of a 98-year-old patient. …

Nursing homes are supposed to be places of safety for our elder loved ones and those unable to take care of themselves.  Unfortunately, there are times when these loved ones suffer from abuse and neglect while in the care of nursing facilities. One nurse in Canada took it a little too far by becoming a …

When we place loved ones in a nursing home, we expect that they will be safe from harm. Often, relatives with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease become too much for their loved ones to care for and help must be sought in the form of a nursing home or extended-care facility. It is expected, given the …

Accidents can happen, even when all precautions are taken. When an accident occurs in a nursing home, there is almost always an investigation.  For a Winona, Minnesota nursing home, an accident investigated concluded with the nursing home being cited for the woman’s death, according to a report from the Austin Daily Herald. The accident, which …

Many nursing homes have anti-smoking policies where residents are not allowed to smoke on the grounds. However, some still allow residents to smoke, but they are monitored and wear special aprons designed to prevent the patient from catching their clothes on fire. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the family of one resident is wondering …

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 homes. And …

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 …

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 reports. Two families are now …

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 care …

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 …