December 29, 2007

Elder Care Atrocities Require Action

Tip! These are the different types of elder care homes that you can look into for your aging parent. Whatever you choose, see to it that it can provide your parents or relatives with the assistance and care that he or she needs.

How many atrocities against our elder citizens will ensue prior to a significant reform of the nursing home industry? Bed sores, dehydration, malnutrition, physical abuse as well as many other physical, emotional and physiological atrocities are, unfortunately, an everyday occurrence for many nursing home residents. Are public officials “on the payroll” of the nursing home industry’s upper echelon? Drunk drivers, burglars and murderers are prosecuted daily. I am dumb founded by how many involuntary murders (or voluntary, since many deaths are preventable) occur without prosecution. Fines, license suspension and other menial punishments do not impose fear into the unscrupulous individuals who neglect and ultimately assassinate our loved ones by their indifference.

Tip! Although adult foster homes specialize in elder care and retirement age residents, people of any age can live in them.

As stated in a previous article, I have had first hand knowledge of the reprehensible carnage committed against nursing home residents. I, like most people, do not have enough time to become an advocate; I am however, making time to show support for the nursing home reform cause. Everyone I have spoken to is in agreement; nursing home reform is a necessity. If history has taught us anything it’s that a mass-stand of the general population is the only true way reform begins.

As part of my support, I will be passing along information which highlights the butchery, lack of legal action or resources that can help anyone left dealing with the struggles of proper care, fear of reprisals and the apparent apathy from the judicial system.

Tip! One of the most popular types of elder care homes is the nursing home, which is also called as elder care center. Nursing homes vary in type and size.

Ila Swan - Advocate, Original posting

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Neglect in Nursing Homes is a Serious Problem

The neglect that is seen in nursing homes today is something that is becoming more serious. Much of this comes from the fact that there are increasing numbers of individuals in nursing homes and other elder care facilities today.
However, this does not mean that they cannot be well cared-for. It only means that individuals that are paid to take care of these people have to find new and better ways to do so, because the old ways that they were using may not work well when there is a large influx of individuals.
As the population ages, there will be more and more people in nursing homes, and these people will need individuals to take care of them. Right now, there are often staff shortages in elder care facilities, and these will only get worse in the future, leading to further cases of elder abuse and nursing home neglect.
Since nothing can be done about the rising elderly population, the serious problems of nursing home neglect and elder abuse must be handled in a different way.
Better-trained individuals, and more of them, are what is really needed. This will help to keep the stress levels down, which can help to […]

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