Choosing a nursing home for a loved one is one of the most emotional and stressful decisions a family will ever face. With so many nursing homes out there and all of the stories we have heard about under-staffing, sub-standard care and neglect, how does one make an informed decision? I recently came across an article
Several years ago, I was having dinner with a friend who had at one time worked in the same nursing home I had worked in. We began talking about staffing and ways to ensure that you had good staff, and ways to hold the staff accountable. She had recently suggested to the company that she
I saw this article on another website discussing the recent Cornell University study on physical abuse between residents. Resident on resident abuse is underreported and mismanaged in the nursing home setting and most likely caused Physical abuse in a nursing home may include staff or other residents. According to a Cornell University Study, resident-on-resident violence
I do not understand how nursing homes continue to say that they can’t make any money taking care of their residents. The corporate executives of Manor Care will get more than $200 million for their sale to the Carlyle Group. The head of America’s biggest nursing-home company is about to get intensive financial treatment. Chief
Former NY Mayor Ed Koch wrote a great article on the budget cuts to home health that have forced many older citizens into nursing homes. Below are excerpts of the article: In the last seven years, while the Medicare budget for nursing home stays has dramatically increased from $13.6 billion to $15.7 billion, home health
This article is very disturbing. I cannot believe that the nursing home did not recognize this obvious sociopath. A Victorian nursing home employee accused of pinning down a 98-year-old dementia patient “like an animal” and raping her was just doing his job, according to his defense lawyer. Henry Alexander, 35, of Mount Martha, is accused