A family whose mother passed away two years ago after spending just a month in a nursing home says her death should not have happened then and now they’re asking for help. “She walked, talked, could eat on her own,” said Arnold Trevino, remembering his mother before she checked in,” he said, “when she left
This story really upset me. I can’t imagine the excuses the nursing home will use to explain this neglect away. Florida police began investigating why an 82-year-old man from the University Center West nursing home was so severely neglected, he ended up in the hospital. The man was taken to the hospital suffering chest pains
Kansas City, Missouri Police are investigating the alleged rape of an 80-year-old woman at a Northland nursing home. While management vehemently denies anything happened, a medical examination shows otherwise. The 80-year-old woman was found naked from the waist down Wednesday afternoon. According to the police report, the victim’s daughter noticed bruising in her private area and asked
I saw an article about resident abuse that is common and difficult to prove without the testimony of an honest employee of the nursing home. The industry has labeled injuries caused by abuse to be “injuries of unknown origins”. Perhaps, they should polygrapg the employees who provided care and treatment to the resident to determine
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
Nursing Home Abuse is on the rise even though less people are entering nursing homes with debilitating conditions according to recent data. The true number is probably much higher but The National Center on Elder Abuse estimates at least one in 20 nursing home patients has been the victim of abuse. There are nearly 1.4 million