A task force is calling for Ontario’s long-term-care homes to make the prevention of abuse and neglect their top priority in the year ahead. The provincial Long-Term Care Task Force on Resident Care and Safety says that the people managing and working in these homes must ensure their organizations are committed to preventing abuse, both [...]

TORONTO – Ontario needs specialized nursing homes for aging residents with behavioural problems if it hopes to curb abuse in long-term care facilities, an industry group said Wednesday. Highly trained workers _ and more of them _ are required to handle patients with complex needs and ensure the safety of both residents and staff, the [...]

Our Illinois elder abuse lawyers were encouraged this week to read about steps taken by our neighbor to the south to further protect seniors affected by neglect and mistreatment. The Missourian reported that Missouri law targeted senior financial exploitation has passed another legislative hurdle. Specifically, the state’s House voted almost unanimously to move legislation that [...]

18 May, 2012 18:00 CET A drug company has agreed to pay $50 million in a settlement with the U.S. government relating to a troubling form of potential elder abuse that is seen at many nursing homes; the illegal handing out of medications without a prescription. Omnicare recently agreed to the settlement with the U.S. [...]

18 May, 2012 16:46 CET A new law in Vermont will help hold nursing home owners and operators responsible for cases of neglect or abuse that occur at their facilities. Governor Peter Shumlin recently signed the new law into existence that will create an avenue for individuals who have been abused or neglected while living [...]

Caring for the Ages reported this week on a new study that compared long-term hospitalization risks of seniors with dementia and those without dementia. The study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). It involved following the health and medical care of a group of over 3,000 patients. Over time nearly [...]

Isaac Gagnon stepped off the school bus sobbing last October and opened his mouth to show his mother where it hurt. She saw steel crowns on two of the 4-year-old’s back teeth. A dentist’s statement in his backpack showed he had received two pulpotomies, or baby root canals, along with the crowns and 10 X-rays [...]

CATHY HIGGINS/Staff Photo Celebrating Nursing Home Week Posted: Thursday, May 17, 2012 10:51 am | Updated: 11:03 am, Thu May 17, 2012. Celebrating Nursing Home Week By CATHY HIGGINS onlooker@gulfcoastnewspapers.com GulfCoastNewsToday.com | 0 comments FOLEY, Ala. — Residents and employees of Golden Living Nursing HomWith e honored National Nursing Home Week on Monday with a balloon release, [...]

Restore the Dignity This book is a valuable resource for those wishing to better understand the issues associated with nursing homes in Oklahoma. (PRWEB) May 17, 2012 Fighting to Solve a Moral Dilemma Restore the Dignity, which is available through http://www.restorethedignity.com, is an educational tool which revolves around the concept that elders deserve to be [...]

The Illinois nursing home abuse lawyers at our firm were interested to come across an extended story from The Atlantic that delves into a range of issues affected nursing home care across the country. The report details how care at most of these facilities remains institution-like. The author compared them to how asylums are run. [...]