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Nursing Home Abuse Topics

While nursing homes can often help improve the quality of life for our elderly relatives, negligent nursing home employees can sometimes injure our relatives by simply failing to do their jobs. In some cases, nursing home employees go out of their way to cause harm.

Although our North Carolina Nursing Home Abuse lawyers can help you with your questions, we encourage you to read up on the more pressing issues affecting nursing home and nursing home abuse.

Nursing home topics:

Nursing home assault
Nursing home sexual battery
Nursing home neglect
Unsanitary nursing homes
Nursing home bed injuries
Nursing home pressure ulcers
Nursing home slip and falls
Nursing home malnutrition

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Did You Know?

There are causes of nursing home abuse.
Stressful working conditions, particularly staff shortages, staff burnout and inadequate staff training are some of the factors that can lead to nursing home abuse.

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	News about Nursing Home Abuse cases in North Carolina and nationwide: Justice Department Reaches Settlement Regarding Conditions At Medical Center and Nursing Home The Justice Department today announced that it has reached a settlement with the state of New Mexico concerning civil rights violations at the Ft. ... Read more > New Nursing Home Fire Safety Act Senators Richard Burr (R-NC) and Christopher Dodd (D-CT) today introduced the Nursing Home Fire Safety Act of 2006. The legislation would authorize... Read more > Beware Nursing Homes Asking Residents To Waive Their Legal Rights To Sue For Abuse Or Neglect The need for protection of the elderly against abuse or neglect in nursing homes or other assisted living facilities has resulted in consumer prote... Read more > More Nursing Home News >

Nursing Home Terms

Today's Terms

Assisted Living Facilities

Definition:
Assisted Living Facilities provide assistance with activities of daily living, 24-hour supervision, and medication management. The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services licenses Assisted Living Facilities.

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.

Concerns/Complaints

Definition:
Concerns/complaints related to issues surrounding the care of an elderly individual's home and/or institutional care.

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Nursing Home Hot Topics

Topics Related to Nursing Homes:

Wrongful Death
Physical Abuse
Malnutrition Abuse
Wrong Medicine
Financial Abuse

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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