Nursing home abuse is, unfortunately, a fact of life for many of the nearly two million people over the age of 65 who currently reside in one of the more than 16,000 nursing homes in the United States (according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates). If ...
When families agree to put a loved one into the care of a nursing home, they have to employ a great measure of trust. But, as we know, abuse and/or ...
Just like physicians, nurses have a legal responsibility to maintain standards of quality in patient care. As such, states recognize when a nurse's ...
Today, more than ever, nursing home abuse has become a prevalent concern for individuals in the US with the numbers of elderly in the US population on ...
When a loved one suffers abuse at the hands of a caregiver, it's sometimes difficult determining exactly who bears legal responsibility. Recovering ...
With Baby Boomers, the largest generation in the US, fastly becoming one of the oldest generations in the US, facilities dedicated to the care of the ...