Nursing Home Staff Who Get Flu Shots Save Residents’ Lives
Posted on October 2011
A new study has found that staff in nursing homes can dramatically reduce the risk of a deadly flu outbreak…
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Illegal Nursing Home Evictions on the Rise
Posted on September 2011
In an illegal, but growing, new trend, nursing home residents are returning from emergency hospital stays only to find that…
Read More →Nursing Home Assistants Get Jail Time for Elder Abuse “Prank”
Posted on September 2011
Five nursing home workers who participated in a November 2009 prank involving elderly dementia patients in a Ukiah, Calif., nursing…
Read More →Federal Report Shows 1/3 of Nursing Homes Across the Nation Have Been Cited for Abusing Residents
Posted on August 2011
In 2009 the federal government found that nearly 1/3 of all nursing homes in the United States had received citations…
Read More →Nursing Home Staff Are Required to Report Elder Abuse
Posted on July 2011
As part of the Health Care Reform Bill (often called Obama Care), passed in March 2010, The Elder Justice Act…
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