GOVERNMENT ACTION IS
NEEDED TO MANDATE MINIMUM SAFE STAFFING LEVELS
According to excerpts from an article produced by Long Term Care Community Coalition:
There is an increasing trend for people who need long term care to get that care in their communities, there will always be a need for nursing homes for those who need or want to [...]

The Minnesota Senior Federation (MnSF) is a statewide alliance of mature Minnesotans committed to enhancing the quality of their lives enterprising, members help members to be their own best advocates regarding concerns which are — or should be — of particular importance to an increasingly wide age group, including access to prescription drugs, affordable housing, [...]

Lawmakers look at sex offenders in nursing homes
Updated 7/24/2008 11:29 PM l | Save | Print | Reprints & Permissions |
By Julie Appleby, USA TODAY
Ray McDaniel’s 18-year-old daughter was raped 10 days after moving into a nursing home — by a registered sex offender who also lived there.
No one was required to tell [...]

OVER MEDICATING AND OTHER RESTRAINTS IN NURSING HOMES
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
One of the more disturbing trends I have noted in my practice as an elder law abuse and neglect attorney is the use of over medicating people to assist the nursing home in “warehousing” our loved ones.  Some facilities use medication to assist with sedating [...]