Often, when it becomes difficult or impossible for a senior to care for himself or herself, a nursing home or assisted living facility is the best solution. Nursing homes are supposed to have skilled, trained staff and to provide care for the patients they admit, especially those patients with special…
Verbal abuse or belittling can always have damaging health effects, causing depression, anxiety, insomnia and even suicide. While all populations can feel the effects of verbal abuse, senior citizens who are dependent upon nursing homes or caretakers are one segment of the population at great risk. Stressed nursing home staff,…
Elderly residents in nursing homes often suffer from debilitating physical or mental problems that make them vulnerable and that make it difficult for the seniors to defend themselves or even to speak up when they are mistreated. Unfortunately, because nursing home patients are so vulnerable, nursing home abuse is a…
The number of seniors with no children and no living spouse is growing and is expected to continue to expand in the future. Today, one in four seniors age 65 and older is a widow, a widower, or single and has either no children or no children that live close…
If you have relatives in a nursing home, you most likely have some concerns. After all, people in nursing homes are at the mercy of their caregivers, and you never really know the whole story unless you are there all the time. But as an attorney who has worked with victims…