It’s Not Business, It’s Personal
The American population is aging rapidly. More then 50 million people in the country are older than 65. Older people are susceptible to contagious illnesses due to compromised immune systems. Compared to the young, the elderly experience more severe symptoms and undergo longer recovery periods. Some of the most vulnerable individuals in our society live in nursing homes. Nursing homes have a duty to provide…
More than 51,000 of the nation’s 1.4 million nursing home residents, who were either elderly or disabled have died of COVID-19 since the beginning of 2020. Nursing home facilities have become hot spots for spread of the virus in the country. The alarming spread of COVID-19 amongst nursing home residents is a reflection of the low standard of care provided in…
Many nursing homes fail to provide compassionate and comprehensive care to elderly and dependent adults in a safe environment. Nursing home abuse can lead to physical injuries and long term psychological consequences. Nursing home abuse can be difficult to detect and many such cases go unreported. Residents with severe physical and cognitive disabilities are targets of abuse and neglect. In most…
A severe infection raging in an 81-year-old’s body was blatantly ignored by a nursing home in Gainesville, Florida while her family was told she was in fine physical health. The nursing home insisted to the family that her lab results were normal and blamed her disconcerting symptoms on her dementia worsening. The infection continued to spread to the point of…