Recognizing Nursing Home Abuse

Nursing Home Abuse Happens Far Too Often Nursing home abuse is a sensitive subject for many reasons. Sadly, as many as five million elders are abused every single year in the United States alone. In 2018, there were 15,304 nursing homes in the U.S., and about 15 percent of people 85 years or older live in these long-term care facilities. However, experts believe the numbers of older adults in nursing homes will increase dramatically over the next decade because of the Baby Boomer population. Although nursing homes have progressed a lot over the decades, there are still numerous areas that…

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Nursing home abuse is a serious, growing problem in the United States with no sign of slowing down. Every single year, millions of Americans are abused or neglected in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, and only a small percentage of these cases are reported. Statistics indicate that anywhere between one and two million adults over the age of 65 have been injured, neglected, exploited, or otherwise mistreated by someone they depended on for care. In many cases, the abuser is someone they know and is more often than not a person they trust. These statistics are both alarming…

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