Nursing Home Abuse And Neglect

Taking Care of Your Elderly Parents: What You Need to Know

With improvements in health care and other advancements during the past couple of centuries, the average life expectancy has increased. Because people are living longer, many of us will likely need some level of assisted care as we age. That task often falls on our adult children. If you are caring for elderly parents, you… read more

Knowing how to spot abuse or neglect in a nursing home setting

Making the decision to entrust the care of a family member to a nursing home can be a difficult process. If you have a loved one who is no longer capable of caring for his or herself, you might have searched through dozens of care facilities before locating an establishment to provide the necessary care…. read more

Standing up for victims of nursing home abuse

When you place a loved one in a New York nursing home, it is with the expectation that he or she will receive quality care and medical attention. It can be frustrating and infuriating to learn that instead of those things, your loved one has experienced mistreatment and abuse. Your family has the right to… read more

Preventing Nursing Home and Home Health Aide Abuse and Neglect

Caring for elder loved ones as they age is as essential to us as it was to them when they cared for us. While bedsores, fall from beds, dehydration or malnourishment are often the most common problems associated with nursing homes and home health aide agencies, a shocking new study in the Journal of the… read more