After Nevada nursing home residents fall, family members should watch for signs that they have suffered a traumatic brain injury,[…]
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, advocacy groups, and state governments are making a collective effort to stop social[…]
Medication errors, including giving residents the wrong drugs, are all too common in skilled nursing facilities throughout Nevada. According to[…]
Nursing home residents with dementia have a higher risk of suffering heat stroke, and facilities must take steps to protect[…]
Elderly people who live in for-profit nursing homes in Nevada are likelier to suffer from neglect and abuse than older adults[…]
Some Nevadans who either seek inpatient mental health treatment on their own or who are civilly committed are subjected to[…]
Mandated reporters who fail to report suspected elder abuse in Nevada may face civil and criminal consequences. Social workers, nurses,[…]
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Rolling back regulatory reforms that help protect America’s 1.5 million nursing home residents from abuse, neglect and exploitation would place[…]
A 93-year-old woman, Rebecca Zeni was ‘eaten alive’ by the scabies parasites at a nursing home in a shocking case[…]
Up to 85 percent of patients in nursing homes and long-term care facilities are restrained by physical and/or chemical means[…]
