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America’s veterans age just like the rest of the general population — and many of them end up in nursing homes run by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Many of these nursing homes are providing care that is substandard, at best — outright horrible...
Putting a parent in a nursing home is never an easy decision. You probably worry often about the care your mom or dad is receiving, and for good reason. Nursing home abuse is a real problem in the U.S., and it is not only staff you have to worry about harming your...
The Ohio Attorney General’s office referred to a recent case of nursing home neglect as “gut-wrenching.” Indeed, it seems that the case shocked the consciousness of virtually everyone in authority — which is remarkable given the way that many cases of nursing home...
Posting an image on social media for a laugh is fine — as long as you aren’t dehumanizing and degrading someone else in the process. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what’s happened to a number of nursing home residents. For every incident that’s been reported, experts...
It’s become clear that a lot of nursing homes in the United States operate with a razor-thin staff, pushing the limits of what anybody can consider “reasonable” when it comes to having enough people on staff to care for their patients. Nursing homes often get...
With the horror stories you see in the news about poor-quality nursing home care, it’s entirely understandable if you have qualms about trusting your loved one to any nursing home without thoroughly checking it out first. But, do you even know where to start? Here’s a...
Somewhere during the night of Jan. 6, 2017, an elderly woman with dementia slipped out of her Ohio nursing home and froze to death. When the three women who were in charge of patient care that night — one a nurse and the other two aides — discovered what had happened...
Moving a parent or other loved one into a nursing home is often emotionally difficult — and the problems that many nursing homes have with substandard care and inadequate staffing don’t make it any easier. In order to make sure that your loved one is in a nursing home...
Emotional abuse is often harder to spot than physical abuse — which is why it can be a serious problem for nursing home residents. These residents have to rely on staff members, including aides and nurses, for most of their daily needs. That dependency makes the...
Nursing homes need plenty of staff members to provide the compassionate care that elderly and disabled residents need. Unfortunately, many of Ohio’s nursing homes are woefully understaffed. That’s a situation that could leave hundreds of residents with inadequate care...