When Karina Singer, a 48-year-old Las Vegas woman, visited her dad in his assisted living facility, something seemed off. The air conditioner was on the lowest setting and a fan was on full blast, and ...

Intimate partner violence and abuse from children or grandchildren can be an ugly reality for the elderly in nursing homes. Norwegian University of Science and Technology The first major study in ...

Nursing home abuse is a serious issue in this country, one that affects our most vulnerable elderly residents, including here in Lexington, Kentucky. As families, we entrust nursing homes with the ...

What families need to know about a renewed debate over rules for nursing homes that sedate dementia patients.

The Justice Department’s civil division this week published its annual report to Congress on efforts to combat elder fraud and abuse, highlighting several high-profile nursing home investigations in ...

Dear Savvy Senior: Can you share guidance on how to recognize elder abuse and what to do if you suspect it? — Concerned Relative Dear Concerned: Elder abuse is a big problem in the United States.

California families are increasingly alarmed by reports of mistreatment in elder care facilities, especially as the state’s aging population continues to rise. In 2024, Adult Protective Services ...

Let’s tell the truth. Elder abuse and neglect in nursing homes is not a mystery, not a surprise, and not an accident. It is the predictable, inevitable outcome of a system that allows the squeezing of ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Disturbing video found on a murder victim’s phone put Lafayette investigators on the trail of an unrelated, elder abuse case at a local nursing home. The elder abuse ...

Washington has the highest rate of elder abuse in the U.S. per 100,000 elderly residents, according to a new survey. A Wisconsin personal injury law firm Gruber Law Offices used data from the National ...

The first warning sign that all was not well with Miranda Malone’s mom was that she had lost a lot of weight. It was June 2020, and Malone, of St. Charles County, hadn’t been able to visit the ...

UPDATE, 8/28/24, 8 a.m.: Dontrielle Harris, 33, of Franklin, has been arrested, according to the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office. She is charged with two counts of non-consensual disclosure of a ...