Nursing home residents must live in supervised accommodation for a reason: because they are not well enough to be capable of caring for themselves and living independently. Therefore, the nursing home resident has a reliance of the staff in the nursing home to be...
Nursing Home Injuries
Nursing home residents have a right to emotional care
While we often think about nursing home crimes being related to physical or sexual abuse, as well as neglect such as failing to give residents adequate hygiene care, there can also be subtler but just as degrading types of neglect, such as a failure to provide...
The bullying epidemic in nursing homes
If you have a loved one in a nursing home, you will want to make sure that the later years of his or her life are filled with comfort, safety and happiness. The nursing home itself has a responsibility to make sure that your loved one is taken care of and made to feel...
How to spot and stop elder abuse
Over the next 20 years, it is expected that Ohio's population will grow by a meager 2 percent, whereas its elderly population will shoot up by 40 percent. This discrepancy means that elders could be more prone to abuse, especially those in nursing homes. Therefore, it...
How many dementia residents wander from nursing homes?
Data collected by physican researchers working of a 2012 study published in the Annals of Long-Term Care: Clinical Care and Aging journal highlighted some staggering realities as it relates to nursing home residents and their propensity to wander from them....
Protecting nursing home residents from psychological abuse
When a loved one is residing in a nursing home, it is probable that you will be feeling protective over them, and you will want to know that they are being looked after to the highest degree. While signs of physical abuse may be easy to recognize, for example when...
The effects of understaffing in nursing homes
When concerns are raised about the state of nursing homes, they are usually centered on systematic abuse and neglect. These concerns and horror stories often paint dramatized pictures of inherently mean and spiteful nursing home employees that try and make their...
Emotional abuse in nursing homes
It is heartbreaking for a person to find out that his or her loved one is suffering from verbal abuse in a nursing home. A nursing home should be a place where elderly and vulnerable people are treated with care and respect, allowing them to live their lives in...
What is the difference between elder abuse and neglect?
It is a sad fact that the abuse and neglect of older people, both in the context of a private home and a nursing home is not a problem that is going away. Although policies and regulations are being assessed to consider how the issue can be improved, it is still seen...
Is nursing home poor hygiene a form of abuse?
Poor hygiene is a serious health risk, especially in community environments with physically vulnerable people, such as child care centers, hospitals and nursing homes. Poor hygiene can lead to the spreading of infectious illnesses, and is responsible for the deaths of...