There are many questions that arise, when choosing a nursing home for yourself or a loved one. Care, location, and amenities are all examples. Moreover, one of the biggest questions is how one will be able to pay for nursing home care. Here are some important things one should know when [...]

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is investing fifteen-million dollars into a creative alternative to nursing homes. Green Houses aim to replace large nursing homes with small, homelike facilitates for ten to twelve residents. There are presently forty-one Green Houses in ten states; the goal is to have them in all fifty states.
Jane Lowe, [...]

Ramona Lamascola thought she was losing her eighty-eight-year-old mother, Theresa to dementia. Instead, she was losing her to overmedication.
Last fall, Theresa Lamascola was suffering from anxiety and confusion. She was then put on the antipsychotic drug Risperdal. When Theresa started having trouble walking, she was admitted to a nursing home facility, but [...]

Nearly eight thousand seniors who fell and banged their heads died from brain injury in 2005. Another fifty-six-thousand had to be treated in hospitals for brain injuries sustained from a fall. “Most people think older adults may only break their hip when they fall, but our research shows that traumatic brain injuries can also be [...]

According to the National Center for Victims of Crime, a senior citizen is abused every 2.7 minutes.
When Debby Bitticks father became ill she took him in and became his caregiver, without giving it a second thought. Then shortly after, her mother-in-law passed away leaving her father-in-law all alone. The Bitticks hired someone to [...]

As the number of violations at Tennessee nursing homes rise, two recent reports are targeting significant weaknesses in Tennessee’s oversight of health care facilities. An audit by the comptroller of the Treasury found a number of deficiencies in the Board for Licensing Health Care Facilities.
The audit found that the board [...]

Carolyn Dickinson of Cottonwood Heights, Utah recently faced a problem that many Americans face today. She needed a nursing home for her mother and she needed to find one fast. Doctors told her that her mother, Carol, who had two strokes in the span of two weeks, needed to be put in [...]

For seniors and their families, it is often difficult to get enough information regarding the staffing level, the number of patients with bed sores, violations and other data that shed light on the quality of care provided before they choose a nursing home for themselves or a loved one. In an effort to improve care [...]

Nursing homes all across the U.S. are fighting the effort in Congress to invalidate arbitration clauses in admissions contracts. This change would allow residents to sue for poor care and unlawful activity. Spokeswomen for the industry testified before lawmakers yesterday opposing the projected legislation that its supporters claim is [...]

Bob Wiggins, of Hampton Roads, Virginia is accusing Ruxton Health of Williamsburg nursing home of being responsible for the death of his mother. He believes his mother, Lorina Wiggins, 83, was poorly taken care of and died prematurely. After seeing his mother’s conditions Wiggins demanded the nursing home send her to [...]