There has been a new study produced on the impact of Robots in Nursing Homes. The robots are being used more to help residents and staff. The study, “Robots and Labor in Nursing Homes,” examined the effects of robots on residents and staff. The effects have been positive, with an employee retention rate and better patient
This article was published by the Nursing Inquiry, explains that resident-on-resident attacks in nursing homes are not just an issue in the US but are a global issue. There has been research done that has reported 249 deaths across 8 countries (the US, Canada, the UK, and China) between January and December of 2023. The
NPR had a great article on resident to resident altercations in long term care facilities. Violent altercations between residents of long-term care facilities are very common. Throughout the country, many residents in nursing homes or assisted living centers have been killed due to these resident-to-resident altercations. These residents have weaponized a bed rail, shoved pillow
A home aide is currently “on the run” after she was caught beating an elderly woman, Dorothy, who’s 95 years old, with a saucepan in her apartment on July 21st. Dorothy’s granddaughters placed cameras throughout her apartment in Harlem, New York, where they witnessed in horror as the healthcare worker assaulted their loved one with
The family of Vera Plares, a 98-year-old Santa Clara woman, is claiming that the nursing home where she was living is liable after Plares’s roommate beat her to death with a cane. Plares was a resident at the for-profit Mission Skilled Nursing & Subacute Center in Santa Clara. Last December, Plares’ roommate, 78-year-old Connie Delucca,
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