The Boston Globe reports that from April through December 2018, inspectors found deficiencies that caused harm to veterans at 52 of the 99 Veteran Affairs nursing homes they reviewed. In three of the facilities, it was reported that the veteran residents were in “immediate jeopardy.” In another eight nursing homes, the inspectors found veterans both harmed and in jeopardy. Mr. Curt Cashour, a VA spokesman stated that non-Veteran Affairs homes also have problems.

Today, November 21, 2019, is World Wide Pressure Injury Prevention Day. The objective of this day is to increase awareness of pressure injury prevention and educate on this topic. The National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel (NPIAP) has created an extensive media material package for all organizations to further educate on the matter, which can be found on their website here.Pressure related injuries are one the five most common experienced by patients.

The Wall Street Journal has recently reported that a nursing home database by the US government has begun flagging facilities that have recently been cited for suspicious abuse or neglect of their elderly residents. According to their website, of the 15,262 facilities researched, around 760, or 5%, have been flagged with abuse citations.Nursing home industry executives state that the citation flags are misleading and that this information could damage the facilities' reputations. However, co…

According to recent research published by the Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, many cases of abuse or neglect of elderly patients, which are severe enough to require medical attention, are not being reported to law enforcement by nursing home staff or health workers even though it is required by law. One study focused solely on the abuse of nursing home residents who ended up in emergency rooms.

After developing Parkinson's, a woman in Florida was moved by loved ones to the Pacifica Senior Living of Palm Beach County. Shortly after moving in, the woman's daughter learned that the assisted living facility staff were not following her mother's dietary restrictions. The daughter estimated that, after may weeks of her mother not eating meals, that she was probably not eating four times a week. The Agency for Health Care Administration gave the facility the chance to fix &qu…

 After years of positive interactions with volunteers from Winona State University, a Minnesota nursing home decided to take it a step further. In 2019, the Senior Living at Watkins invited six college students to live alongside senior residents in the manor. Students were selected through an application process with their room and utilities paid for.