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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Another Call for a Ban on Forced Arbitration

Yet another voice has joined the chorus of consumer advocates, lawyers, and journalists calling for a ban on forced arbitration in nursing home contracts. The editorial board of the New York Times has published a piece titled “Nursing Home Residents Still Vulnerable to Abuse.” In the article, the well-respected paper calls for an all-out ban […]

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Hotel Room Rates at Your Local Nursing Home!

I am taking a detour from one of our regular topics of nursing negligence in long-term care to comment on an interesting news item about nursing home costs. It probably is no surprise that the cost of long-term care is on the rise, but the numbers might surprise you. It might be cheaper to check […]

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