From the time we are babies through childhood, adulthood, and on into our senior years, we do not want to be physically restrained. Outside of situations such as involuntary physical movements and the need for temporary restraints to allow healing, such as in the case of a cast for a broken bone, a restraint by […]
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Recent advancements in technology are proving to be a powerful tool to mitigate the risks and enhance the safety of the elderly. By incorporating smart monitoring systems, wearable health devices, and medication management applications, families and caregivers can play a more proactive role in ensuring the safety of their loved ones, even from a distance.
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When you entrust the care of a loved family member to a nursing home or assisted living facility, sexual abuse may be so unthinkable of a concern as to not cross your mind. But, federal data indicates that 16,000 complaints of sexual abuse were made by or on behalf of residents of nursing homes and
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In Camarillo, the owner of a senior care facility was recently arrested on charges of financial elder abuse. The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office launched an investigation following reports of suspicious financial activity involving one of the residents. The investigation revealed that the owner had been exploiting the resident’s finances for personal gain, leading to multiple
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It is impossible to know exactly how much elder abuse goes unreported in the U.S., for the basic reason that it is unreported. But researchers have been able to put together estimates based on voluminous data which suggests that, while as many as 1 in 10 elderly persons experiences elder abuse in a given year,
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Finding out that a family member or other loved one is suffering elder abuse at the hands of a nursing home, assisted living facility, or other caregiver can be devastating. Knowing that an elderly person is suffering abuse is certainly bad enough, but the confusion of trying to understand what you can do to help
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Because all the rules, regulations, and differences in levels of care can be confusing and overwhelming for patients and families, it is recommended that almost from the moment of admission, families seek out the discharge planning personnel in the loved one’s hospital. This person can be a nurse, a social worker, or a ‘discharge planner’.
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This is the second blog post in our series about deciding which level of care facility is right for your loved one. In this post, we discuss the services offered by residential care facilities for the elderly. If your loved one is not receiving any skilled services and requires assistance with positioning, feeding, bathing, grooming,
These entries will discuss in three parts the transition of an elder or dependent adult who normally lives at home, maybe with some assistance or in-home caregivers, but then is hospitalized and needs more extensive care after treatment. Let’s say, mom was living at home but had knee surgery, or was hospitalized for treatment of
On April 22, 2024, the Biden administration announced new minimum staffing levels for nursing home, which establishes comprehensive requirements and requires facilities to have a registered nurse on site at all times. The recently proposed federal minimum staffing mandate for nursing homes in the United States aims to address longstanding issues of inadequate care by
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