You would think that young people who work in nursing facilities would have a deep appreciation for older folks and want to give them their utmost respect. Right? Well consider that six, rather wholesome young women are accused of groping and taunting seven residents at the Good Samaritan nursing home...
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Grandma Gets Abused in Japan
Thousands of elderly people are abused at home by relatives in Japan, news reports said Saturday, as the country faces a rapidly aging population. More than 12,600 cases of elderly abuse were reported in 2006, almost all of them at home, according to the Health and Welfare Ministry survey released...
Elder Abuse
State and federal authorities have imposed “some of the most severe penalties” possible – short of shutdown – on a nursing home plagued by recent problems, including two patient deaths. The Chicago-based company that owns East Peoria Gardens Health Care Center faces a $100,000 fine and the loss of five...