No Two Nursing Homes are equal. No two nursing homes are the same. While two facilities may look similar on the surface, dig deeper and see everything from nurse staffing hours to the % of patients who have pressure ulcers to when their last inspection date was and more. Our goal is to...
Nursing homes in the U.S. - Statistics & Facts Nursing homes in the U.S. Nursing facilities across the United States are home to over 1.2 million residents. They are cared for by a workforce comprising 1.3 million employees, with nursing assistants making up the largest segment at one-third...
In itsMay 2022 report, the National Center for Health Statistics noted that the majority of long-term care service users were age 65 or older, with 83.1% of nursing home residents being in that older age bracket. That means 16.9% of residents were younger than age 65 – a sizable min...
The Facts About Nursing Home Abuse in Louisville, KY Nursing home abuse is a widespread problem that happens all across Kentucky and our country. But, these injustices aren’t only limited to nursing home facilities, they can also happen at home in the form of elder abuse. In the United St...
Any teaching session may be seen by the well-intentioned traditional medical educator as an opportunity to “pass on” as much of this knowledge as possible, perhaps by recalling numerous “facts” for the students to transcribe. The learners are expected to commit the information to memory, bec...
Boomers at 65: Generation Alzheimer’s and No One to Care? May 9th, 2011. ByAbiK It’s daunting to read some of the facts and figures from the Alzheimer’s Association. Stats such as this: In the United States, an estimated 5.4 million people are living with Alzheimer’s disease, and...
Nursing home or assisted living facility abuse include the following: Assault or battery of the resident, such as slapping, threatening the resident, and unauthorized physical contact Financial abuse like embezzlement, theft, or manipulation to change terms in the elderly person’s will Unlawful sexual...
According to statistics, many will need some form of assisted living, such as a nursing home, assisted living facility or other elderly facility.Unfortunately, between one and two million Americans age 65 or older are abused in some way each year. This abuse can take the form of neglect, ...
eMethods. Nursing Home (NH) Staff Semi-Structured Interview Guide 1. Zhao L. Alzheimer’s disease facts and figures. Alzheimers Dement. 2020;16:391-460. doi:10.1002/alz.12068 Google Scholar 2. National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ...
NURSING HOME RESIDENT RESOURCES Medicare Resident’s Bill of Rights Texas Advocates for Nursing Home Residents Health and human services (HHS) in Texas STATISTICS Poor care in Texas nursing homes has consistently placed the state at or near the bottom of nearly all national rankings, including: ...