In the summer months, Arizona experiences high temperatures that may be detrimental to the health and safety of nursing home and assisted living facility residents. If staff members and caregivers are not attentive, residents may suffer from conditions such as dehydration and other heat-related illnesses. Nursing home neglect is a type of
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Nursing home neglect is a common form of abuse affecting the elderly in nursing homes across the country. Neglect can be detrimental to the health of nursing home residents and occurs when they receive inadequate or lack of care they need. Nursing home negligence can vary from case to case, but overall
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Elder abuse is a terrible crime that impacts thousands of senior citizens throughout the US. The most common perpetrators of elder abuse are nursing home employees and caregivers. Many victims do not – or physically cannot – come forward to report elder abuse. If you have an elderly loved one in someone
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Cycles of abuse in families are very hard to end. These cycles often include several levels, from child abuse to elder abuse when the children are adults and must care for their aging parents. Elder abuse is very often the result of an adult child having to care for the parent or
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There is an outstanding number of elderly people who are abused, either psychologically or physically, and are neglected by their care givers, and others. That number has amounted to at least 4 million people every year. Trying to figure out who is the party responsible for abusing or injuring an elderly in
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When a lawsuit of abuse and neglect is brought upon a care facility, the resident family or loved one alleges that the facility intentional abused or neglectfully injured the elder resident through the care and treatment of the medical professionals. While care facilities are both health care providers and businesses, they are
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