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Resident-to-Resident Abuse in Nursing Homes
When it’s time for your elderly loved one to move into a long-term care facility, you may be worried about abuse from nursing home staff members. However, the reality is …
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Five Ways to Help Prevent Elder Abuse
As your loved one ages, they may require assistance from a professional caregiver or need to be relocated to a nursing home or assisted living facility. Putting their care in …
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How to Identify Emotional Abuse in Elders
Elder abuse can fall into several categories, including physical, financial, or sexual, and if you have an elderly loved one, you need to know the warning signs to help protect …
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Why Elders Are Vulnerable to Abuse
When it’s time to put your elderly loved one in the hands of a nursing home or professional caregiver, you trust that he or she will be treated respectfully and …
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Confinement and Isolation: Types of Elder Abuse
When you seek the assistance of a professional caregiver or look into moving your elderly loved one into a nursing home, you expect them to be treated well and provided …
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Where to Report Nursing Home and Elder Abuse
If you suspect that your elderly loved one has been abused, neglected, or exploited in any way, you can and should file a report. By advocating for them, you can …
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Compensation for Nursing Home Abuse Victims
Nursing home abuse takes several forms—physical, sexual, or emotional abuse as well as financial exploitation or neglect—and with one in ten elders in the United States experiencing abuse, there is …
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Malnutrition and Dehydration in Nursing Home Residents
Moving your elderly loved one to a nursing home or other care facility is a challenging decision, but you can be comforted by the knowledge that they will be provided …
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Nursing Home Fall Injuries: A Sign of Neglect
The leading cause of serious injury and death for adults age 65 and older in the United States? Preventable falls. Nursing homes have a responsibility to consistently supervise elderly residents …
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Four Types of Elder Financial Abuse and Exploitation
It’s horrible to imagine someone taking advantage of your elderly loved one’s financial situation, but the unfortunate reality is that is happens all the time. Studies on financial abuse and …
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How to Speak to Your Elderly Loved One About Nursing Home Abuse
The elderly population, especially those residing in nursing homes and dependent on staff care, are vulnerable to abuse at tragic rates in the United States. This abuse can take many …
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Federal and Indiana Nursing Home Regulations / Laws You Need to Know
As your family members get older, it is sometimes necessary to move them into a nursing home. You can do all of the research that you want to decide on …
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Nursing Home Abuse Moves Online
Nursing home abuse comes in many forms. It isn’t restricted to physical violence and can include numerous varieties of psychological and emotional abuse. Abuse takes advantage of a person to their …
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When to Sue for Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect
The grounds for suing for nursing home abuse can be cut-and-dry in both the eyes of the court and the public because it is, unfortunately, very common. In fact, 40% of …
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How to Know If You Can File a Nursing Home Abuse Claim
After you’ve discovered nursing home abuse, you might not know how to file a nursing home abuse claim—all you know is that you have to act fast. When elder abuse is …
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Three Steps to Take When You Suspect Nursing Home Abuse
As defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, elder abuse is defined as abuse or neglect by caregivers or other persons of those age 60 or older. Unfortunately, …
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Elder Abuse: A Concern in Indiana
The abuse of senior citizens has become a serious concern. Many people have come to recognize that this is an issue that needs to be addressed, but there’s a problem: …
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Nursing Homes Are Unprepared for Natural Disasters
Investigators with the inspector general’s office of the Health and Human Services Department have discovered that nursing homes are ill prepared to protect their frail residents during a natural disaster. …
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