October was Residents’ Rights Month, so designated by The National Consumer Voice in an attempt to bring awareness to the dignity and rights of residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. The Pennsylvania Franklin County commissioners took the opportunity to remind people that elder abuse in long-term care facilities is vastly under-reported, a…

Over a million elders reside in our nation’s skilled nursing facilities, where seniors rely on hired personnel to help them dress, bathe, eat and get their medications. When nursing homes are short-staffed, essential tasks get overlooked and avoidable injury ensues. When staff are overwhelmed and overburdened, it’s the nursing home residents who suffer with bedsore-related…

It is a difficult decision to move a loved one into an assisted living facility — one that is often fraught with anxiety and guilt.  Caregivers may find themselves unable to cope – both financially and emotionally– with the escalating health problems and daily needs of an elderly family member or loved one. When the…

As your loved ones age and come to need assisted living or other long-term care, you may need to find them a nursing home. You want the nursing home you choose, of course, to be conducive to their leading a full and good life. It needs to be clean, safe, and have activities and recreation…

As people age, they can become more prone to illness if they are not vigilant about maintaining health. It’s vital that senior citizens follow these four crucial health tips. 1. Get a Flu Shot and Pneumococcal Vaccine Every Year If you or a loved one is 65 or older, flu can be more serious that…

There is new hope for the treatment of dementia on the horizon. Blood thinning medications such as warfarin were recently shown to reduce the risk of dementia in patients. Anticoagulants Found to Reduce Risk of Dementia A recent study carried out by Swedish researchers found that the more than 444,000 atrial fibrillation patients taking anticoagulants…

Financial exploitation of older adults is a growing threat to our nation’s aging population, sparking authorities to call the problem “rampant, invisible and lethal.” Research gleaned in a 2010 Elder Fraud Survey found that at least one in five Americans over the age of 65 has been victimized by financial abuse or fraud – a…

Nursing homes have a duty of care to their patients, just as other medical facilities do. Unfortunately, older people in nursing homes can be hurt by neglect. If these duty of care standards are breached due to neglect, the nursing homes can be charged with negligence in a personal injury or wrongful death case. Negligence…

Elder neglect and abuse is an increasing area of legal concern for families who entrust the care of their loved ones to rest homes.  Assisted living facilities across the nation have been cited for alarming incidents of mistreatment toward their residents, and the unfortunate reality is that many of these cases go unreported by victims….

Elder neglect and abuse is an escalating concern given that some two million seniors reside in our nation’s long-term care facilities. According to research by the Senate Special Committee on Aging, as many as five million older adults are victims of abuse or mistreatment every year. Many residents in nursing homes and assisted living facilities…