Protecting your loved ones is one of your most important responsibilities and sometimes it can feel difficult to do so when they live in a nursing home. You put your trust into nursing home employees and medical professionals to care for your loved ones just as you...
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The types of nursing home neglect
Many Burlington County residents have had to make the agonizing decision to place their loved one in a nursing home. Everyone will get old at some time and most will require additional care. For families who are not able to provide this type of skilled care, nursing...
4 Red flags to watch for when finding a nursing home
While you knew that eventually, the day would come where you'd have to decide about placing your parent or loved one into a long-term care facility, it doesn't make the process any less difficult when that day arrives. Nursing home abuse and neglect are rampant, and...
The problem of elopement—and why the nursing home may be liable
Memory care units are a reality for many families with loved ones suffering from dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. And “many” is soon to become a much larger number. The Center for Disease Control expects the number of adults affected by Alzheimer’s disease and...
Can I sue a New Jersey nursing home over bedsores?
Bedsores, also known as pressure ulcers or decubitus ulcers, are an all too common occurrence in extended care facilities and nursing homes in New Jersey. The wounds happen due to prolonged pressure on the skin, affecting people who spend most of their time in a chair...
Nursing homes are failing to provide adequate staffing
It is a major decision to choose whether to place an aging parent into a nursing home. The understanding is that they will receive a high level of care while residing in a comfortable facility.New data indicates an unfortunate reality among nursing homes in New Jersey...
Nursing home group faces repeated charges of neglect
A Philadelphia area nursing home, St. Francis Center for Rehabilitation & Healthcare, was cited for extreme neglect and had its license revoked last September. The Pennsylvania Department of Health found the facility was not providing proper wound treatment and...
Does unnecessary drugging of nursing home residents equal abuse?
The Department of Veterans Affairs nursing home in Lyons, New Jersey, was recently ranked internally with a one out of five stars rating. One of the reasons for the low rating was the number of residents that were being treated with antipsychotic drugs.In many cases,...
Traumatic brain injuries increasing among elderly
The big fear when an elderly person falls is broken bones, especially hip fractures. While that danger is very real, head trauma from falls is often overlooked.Government researchers report an alarming increase in traumatic brain injury among older Americans. They add...
Would higher Medicaid reimbursement boost nursing home staffing?
Many nursing homes are critically understaffed or are forced to hire workers with sketchy backgrounds. This staffing deficit in turn leads to serious harm to thousands of patients from negligence, neglect and abuse.A government report concludes that more than 90...