Problems in nursing homes

by Kallie Szczepanski

While most nursing homes provide loving and competent care, it's a tragic fact that many nursing home residents in the United States face physical, emotional, mental, and even sexual abuse from the people who are paid to l...read more

by Kelly White

There are many problems in nursing homes. Unless the elderly person has the unlimited funds needed to be provided with top care in top facilities, they will most likely suffer loneliness, neglect, undernourishment, bed so...read more

by Amy Hunter

My 83 year old grandmother has made what seems to be a supersonic journey from being an independent woman living in a 1st floor condominium and driving herself just about everywhere she needed to go, to a barely functionin...read more

by Amanda Justus

In todays society its hard to get away with crimes like just going into a gas station and stealing a candy bar.So much technology and attention is put towards surveillance in big companies, small businesses, and even homes...read more

5 of 8

by Matthew Gage

As an EMT in the Greater Boston Area of Massachusetts I see a lot of nursing home mistakes and neglect that are covered up and/or ignored. One way they mask their neglect is by calling ambulances by 800 and 888 numbers in...read more

by Carol O'Dell

Sometimes family members have done all they can do. Even with home-health aids, their loved one's care needs become too much. As much as I encourage elders to live in their own homes and communities as long as they can...read more

by Diane Wolfe

I am currently a Care Assistant in a Nursing Home in England, and what happens behind the closed doors sometimes I am disgusted with! We have 60 rooms, 3 of them are suitable for couple, the rest are for those on their own...read more

by Christopher Aston

I am a care Assistant in a Nursing home and been working there for 8 months now and have found out alot about what goes on in the nursing homes in the u.k. The places where you send your mums and dads or any part of your f...read more