Good professional care for your loved one is vital. More than ever, it is important to ensure anyone caring for America’s elderly is qualified, caring, knowledgeable, kind, thorough, and competent. Accidents happen, things slip through the cracks, but we can certainly do everything in our power to ensure quality care. To start, ask these 10 […]
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One of the best defenses is knowing your rights. Not only your basic rights, but the bills and legislation from which those rights come. This information is helpful when it comes to holding nursing and care facilities responsible. While we don’t recommend issuing threats (file a complaint or contact a lawyer instead), we do recommend
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There are a number of factors that come into play regarding nursing home safety. With staffing standards in the news, it’s hard not to talk about general nursing home safety and some of the causes as well as solutions. Staff to resident ratios have a large part to play in ensuring nursing home safety, but
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, we saw the most devastating increase in isolation and loneliness in nursing homes ever. Restricted by altered, or non-existent, visiting policies, residents were often left alone in their rooms, separated from family, and without social activities which were canceled. This isolation epidemic was eventually contested with the Essential Caregivers Act, but
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Navigating nursing home policies can be a confusing and stressful job. Unfortunately, some nursing homes and care facilities realize this and take advantage. It is important to not only know your rights as a nursing home resident, but also understand nursing home policies and laws. For example, when it comes to discharging residents from the
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While elder abuse may commonly occur in nursing homes, it is not an issue confined to that industry. Instead, anyone can be guilty of elder abuse. In fact, the majority of elder abuse is perpetrated by family members of the victim. The likelihood of family abusers is high for a number of reasons, and family
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One of the most tragic elements of the COVID-19 pandemic was nursing home visitation restrictions. These restrictions kept families apart at a time when long term care had never been worse, which has led to awful and intractable resident isolation. The lack of visitors also allowed signs of elder abuse to go unnoticed. Now, after
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Having someone who can advocate on your behalf is a great asset. However, not everyone is lucky enough to have family close, or friends able to be by their side at a moment’s notice. That’s why it is vitally important to be an advocate for yourself for as long as possible. Taking some key steps
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In addition to the Attorney General, our police, and Adult Protective Services, there are a few other agencies and groups that assist in prosecuting elder abuse. In California, there are specifically three groups that focus on and help with nursing home abuse cases. While they may work with other cases in addition to elder abuse,
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A large part of advocacy within the nursing home industry is reporting problems. Whether it’s simply saying something to staff or going through the steps to report abuse and neglect to higher authorities, it is vital to say something. However, it’s disheartening to see just how necessary reporting has become. Recent statistics from California Department
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