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New Helpful Tool: Ohio Nursing Home Quality Navigator

Making informed decisions when selecting a nursing home for yourself or a loved one in Ohio has just gotten easier! The Ohio Nursing Home Navigator is now available and packed with valuable information, courtesy of the Ohio Department of Aging. In 2023, the Ohio Governor’s Nursing Home Quality and Accountability Task Force discovered that 68% […]

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Four Ways to Prevent Nursing Home Abuse

We can’t always control when and where a loved one goes into a nursing home or assisted living facility. In a perfect world, we would have unlimited time, money, and information with which to make the best, safest choice. Unfortunately, this is not a perfect world, so we must make the best decisions we can, […]

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Falls Can Kill — Stay STEADI

Falling can be deadly for any of us, but especially for people over 65 years of age. The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) just issued a report outlining the danger and prevalence of falls in nursing homes and at home. The numbers are scary: In 2014, falls caused 27,000 deaths and 7 million […]

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Feds Crack Down on Social Media Nursing Home Abuse

  Your elderly mom probably doesn’t use social media, but what about her caregivers? How do nursing home resident rights come into play online? As we work to prevent elder abuse in nursing homes, physical harm is the first thing on our minds. But virtual abuse and exploitation can also be devastating. Advocates have been […]

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