Developed in the 1970’s as a community project to keep elders in their homes, PACE is now caring for more than 16,000 elderly persons nationwide. PACE which stands for Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, provides continuous care and services offering individuals eligible for nursing home care the option of continuing to live in [...]

An innovative new motion sensor robot computer system is in development to keep seniors living in their homes longer. The new technology will involve robots scooting from room to room to wake homeowners in the morning, remind them to eat and send for help if someone falls. Also, sensors embedded throughout seniors’ homes will detect [...]

A second round of arrests involving four new workers at The Medford Multicare Center for Living, in Medford, New York were charged yesterday with mistreating patients and falsifying records. According to Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s office, one resident of the Medford Multicare Center for Living was not showered for a month; an 84-year-old female [...]

Christine M. Borasky, 22, of Ogdensburg, New York has been convicted of abusing an elderly nursing home patient. She was sentenced to five years’ probation, has been placed on 90 days electronic home monitoring, and has surrendered her state license.
She was accused of pulling the hair and spraying foam into the mouth and eyes of [...]

The state of New York is expanding a program to keep a high-tech eye on some of the state’s most vulnerable residents based on recommendations of Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. Recently, an actual video of patient abuse, taken by a hidden camera, showed a nursing home worker slapping a patient. Cuomo used those pictures to [...]

In a little-publicized line-item veto last month, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger eliminated state funding for California’s long-term care ombudsman program. The $3.8 million cut represents half the funding for ombudsman services, which is a program that investigates elder abuse and other complaints on behalf of 250,000 residents of California’s 1,300 nursing homes and more than 8,000 [...]

According to a recent report, more than 90 percent of nursing homes were cited for violations of federal health and safety standards last year, and for-profit homes were more likely to have problems than other types of nursing homes. About 17 percent of nursing homes had deficiencies that caused “actual harm or immediate jeopardy” [...]

A former employee of a Calabasas, California assisted-living facility, specializing in caring for Alzheimer’s and other memory-impaired patients, was charged on October 6th with torture and multiple counts of elder abuse. The charge stems from the death of an 80-year-old resident last year and the alleged abuse of other residents.
Cesar Ulloa, 20, is scheduled to [...]

To combat elder abuse, Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a package of bills that will ensure care facilities for the elderly are prepared during disasters and power outages, provide law enforcement with more tools to ensure criminals who victimize the elderly are prosecuted and further protect against different forms of financial abuse. “Protecting [...]

Making the decision to place a loved one in a nursing home is often one of the most stressful times in ones life. However, there are many alternatives one can choose to avoid this fearful decision. The most popular alternative is to choose a home health agency that provides health and medical services to ill [...]