The slow-response for available rapid testing has kept nursing home residents waiting to visit with loved ones again. However, after less than a month of using rapid tests,
Nursing home residents learn how to be their own advocates for voting in the midst of an international pandemic and election season.
A recent article reviewed the most common signs of nursing home abuse and neglect, stating that “1 in 10 seniors over 60 years old have suffered abuse.”
As nursing home and assisted living residents feel the effects of strict visitation policies, Indiana caregivers claim that these restrictions are abusive, as loved ones are more prone to nursing home abuse without consistent visits from their family and friends.
A University of Alabama senior recently started a personal project: writing cards to nursing home residents. After recalling a conversation with another resident when his grandfather was in a nursing home,
Multiple safety shortcomings were found during coronavirus health inspections at 77 New York nursing homes, including “basic infection-control violations like failing to have staff wear masks or wash their hands.”
