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Residents' Rights Month 2016: My Vote Matters The theme for Residents' Rights Month 2016 is My Vote Matters, seeking to highlight residents' right to vote in the upcoming presidential election. -
Dental Care is Essential to Health, But Many Nursing Homes Fail to Provide It When long-term care facilities fail to provide residents with sufficient oral care they can suffer from cavities, tooth pain and other serious health problems. -
Improper Wound Care is Nursing Home Neglect Poor wound care can indicate systemic issues of neglect within a facility. -
Is Your Loved One Safe from Nursing Home Norovirus Outbreaks? It is never acceptable for a facility to allow an outbreak of illness such as norovirus, especially when it has potential to seriously harm its residents. -
Understanding the Different Types of “Long-Term Care” When making plans for future care, it is important to know the difference between the four primary types of LTC services. -
Support for Caregivers: The Nursing Home Transition Caregiver's often feel guilty when loved ones must enter a nursing home, but there are many ways to guarantee your loved one will be well cared. -
Disproportionate Number of Nursing Home Residents Harmed by Anticoagulant Medications A study suggested that nursing home residents suffer 34,000 fatal or life-threatening complications due to common blood thinners each year. -
How Families Can Help Protect Loved Ones from Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Loved ones can do many things to protect residents from potential nursing home abuse or neglect. -
A Guide for Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Victims Victims of nursing home abuse and neglect can benefit from this free comprehensive guidebook. -
Nursing Home Residents Have a Right to Privacy While a lack of privacy may not always be considered nursing home neglect, it often suggests the facility is not treating residents in the manner they deserve. -
Nursing Homes CAN Prevent Falls – Here’s How There are many commonsense measures the nursing home staff can, and should, incorporate into care that can decrease the likelihood of a fall. -
Women: The Most Frequent Victims of Elder Abuse Skilled nursing home abuse and neglect attorneys understand the risk factors that may make women more prone to elder abuse than men.