June 15 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. The goal of the day is to recognize elder abuse as a public health and human rights issue and to raise awareness to ultimately put an end to the abuse and neglect of older adults. This annual observance of World Elder Abuse...
Tag: nursing home neglect
Be Aware the Legal Structure of Nursing Homes
We know we live in a litigious society and that one of the costs gobbling up healthcare dollars is liability and malpractice insurance. Some long term care operators simply can not afford it. So they improvise making it much harder for you to sue if something happens to a loved...
Teens and Elder Abuse is Bad News
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...