PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) is a center that provides government-funded medical care and social services to people older than 55 whose financial medicinal needs qualify them for nursing home care but are able to live at home with the right kind of assistance. PACE began in the early 1970s when community
Researchers found a one-month condition of all RREM types of 20% in a large-scale resident-resident elder mistreatment (RREM) study. The researchers studied a sample of 2,011 residents from 10 facilities in New York. The study found verbal aggression to be most common at 9%, physical aggression at 5%, other forms of mistreatment at 5%, and
The Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living finalized the first nationwide rules for APS programs. The APS program identifies and investigates the mistreatment or neglect for elderly residents and people with disabilities. The new rules require APS officials to respond to the reported cases that are “life-threatening or likely to cause irreparable harm
The Mulberry nursing home pronounced Constance Glantz dead on Monday, June 3rd. The problem is that she was not dead! Glantz was found breathing by a staff member at Butherus-Master & Love Funeral Home while preparing her funeral arrangements. It is unclear how nursing home staff members could make this careless mistake. The Mulberry declared
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