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Nursing Home Abuse Resources

The best way to inform yourself about North Carolina Nursing Home Abuse Law and Nursing Home Abuse related topics. Our Nursing Home Abuse Resource Center includes the following sites for your personal use:

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Did You Know?

There are definitions of nursing home abuse and neglect.
Abuse means causing intentional pain or harm. This includes physical, mental, verbal, psychological, and sexual abuse, corporal punishment, unreasonable seclusion, and intimidation.

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Nursing Home Terms

Today's Terms

Respite Care

Definition:
Temporary care provided when the primary caretaker needs time away from caregiving. Respite care is provided in-home or as an alternative location for a short stay.

Geriatric Assessment

Definition:
An evaluation of an older person's physical, psychological, and social condition by a professional team of specialists. This team makes recommendations to the older person, family, and primary care doctor. Geriatric assessments are offered in geriatric evaluation centers and are generally associated with hospitals.

Dementia

Definition:
A clinical term used to describe a group of brain disorders that disrupt and impair cognitive functions -- thinking, memory, judgment -- personality, mood, and social interaction. Also, see Senility in this Glossary.

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Nursing Home Hot Topics

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North Carolina Nursing Home Attorney

If you live in the following cities and need an nursing home attorney you should contact our Nursing Home Attorney as soon as possible:

Apex
Asheboro
Asheville
Burlington
Cary
Chapel Hill
Charlotte
Clayton
Concord
Durham
Elizabeth City
Fayetteville
Fort Bragg
Garner
Gastonia
Goldsboro
Greensboro
Greenville
Henderson
Hickory
High Point

Jacksonville
Kernersville
Lenoir
Lexington
Lincolnton
Lumberton
Matthews
Monroe
Morganton
Mount Airy
Raeford
Raleigh
Reidsville
Sanford
Statesville
Thomasville
Wake Forest
Wilmington
Wilson
Winston Salem

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