Nursing home residents deserve to have enough competent individual care to tend to their daily living, nutritional, social, and emotional needs. Residents who have dementia need even more individual care. Poor staffing levels can mean that residents suffer different types of nursing home abuse and neglect, including: Physical abuse. Physical abuse includes kicking, hitting, and slapping; and the use of physical or chemical restraints – because staff members are overworked or stressed, taking their frustrations out [...]

The decision to put a loved one in one of the facilities can be difficult and heartbreaking at times. The goal is to provide your parent or other loved one with the best possible care that cannot feasibly be provided now at home. If you find out that your loved one is being mistreated or not cared for properly, it is time to take quick action. Here are some of the steps to take if you [...]