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When a loved one is suffering from Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia, he or she may need the kind of comprehensive care only a nursing home or skilled nursing facility can provide. Unfortunately, such patients are the most vulnerable residents of nursing homes when it comes to being over-medicated […]

Between 1999—2002, 14,000 nursing home residents died as a result of dehydration and malnutrition. A study completed in 2000 found that as many as 85 percent of nursing home residents nationwide were malnourished. While there are varying explanations for these awful statistics, there is only one conclusion: dehydration and malnutrition […]

Home health care is the fastest-growing sector in the health care industry; this particular area of health care is expected to grow 66 percent over the next ten years. Currently, close to seven million patients participate in in-home health care services every year. With the increasing acuteness and skilled level […]

Losing our independence is one of our biggest fears in life. Watching someone we love lose theirs is one of the saddest parts of life. But, it is a part of life. Although the age at which elders need help, and the amount of help they need varies, at some […]

In April of this year, seventeen workers at a nursing home in New York were indicted on charges of felony neglect. The 300-bed health care facility opened in December 2011, and through February 2014– a little over two years–it had received 119 complaints and incident reports. The facility also had […]