Nursing Home Neglect

Nursing Home Neglect and Abuse The statistics regarding nursing home neglect and abuse suggest that it occurs at an alarming and increasing rate. More than two million cases of elder abuse are [...]

Understanding The Different Types of Nursing Home Abuse As individuals get older, their physical and mental abilities decrease in strength. As a result, senior citizens are vulnerable to abuse at [...]

Nursing Home Neglect Leads to Horrific Death of 93 Year Old Woman in Georgia “According to a pending lawsuit, 93-year-old Rebecca Zeni died in 2015 from a scabies infestation at Shepherd [...]

Elderly individuals who live in nursing homes are in a vulnerable position. They must trust the nursing home’s staff to provide adequate care. Unfortunately, all too often, elder abuse occurs in [...]

Elderly malnutrition involves an elderly person either not receiving a sufficient amount of food or not being provided the right type of food. Failure to properly obtain sufficient vitamins or [...]

Dehydration is a serious risk for nursing home residents who do not receive proper care. Some of the serious side effects of dehydration in the elderly include internal organ damage, coma, and [...]

Records from the Pennsylvania Department of Health show that St. Francis Center for Rehabilitation & Healthcare “was fined a total of $782,250 this month for deficiencies found during [...]

Many children are understandably concerned that if they pursue legal action against a nursing home for unlawful behavior, their parents will be evicted. It is true that nursing home residents are [...]

The residents of a nursing home depend on facility staff to treat them with dignity and care. When staffmembers fail to uphold these terms, there is a serious risk that people who depend on [...]

Each year, an unfortunately large number of senior citizens in nursing homes experience abuse and neglect at the hands of caregivers. Statistics even suggest that the number of cases involving [...]