by Vladimire Herard | Dec 6, 2016 | Assisted Living, Long Term Care, Medicine
“One of the ladies [I provide services for] has arthritis,” she said. “She lives in [a senior independent living facility]. In that place, there is [a] senior facility [that contains] bars [to prevent falls]. [Other places say] ‘We don’t [carry] bars, grab bars.’...
by Vladimire Herard | Dec 6, 2016 | Assisted Living, Long Term Care, Medicine
Loeb-Aronin praised another collaborator, Sherri Snelling, California-based CEO and founder of the Caregiving Club, executive producer of the “Handle With Care” TV show and newsletter editor, for bringing in a caregiving component to the intergenerational program...
by Vladimire Herard | Dec 6, 2016 | Assisted Living, Long Term Care, Medicine
Both assistive technology and modifications to one’s private home can connect seniors to the digital world, improve their intellect and knowledge base and enable to perform daily life tasks, a computer science expert and a gerontologist said on a panel at an annual...
by Vladimire Herard | Dec 6, 2016 | Assisted Living, Geriatrics, Long Term Care, Management, Medicine, Nursing
Both researchers said that each of the 50 states they studied protects seniors from physical abuse, financial or material exploitation and neglect but definitions vary. Forty-four states carried emotional or psychological abuse provisions or laws. Forty states had...
by Vladimire Herard | Dec 6, 2016 | Assisted Living, Geriatrics, Long Term Care, Management, Medicine, Skilled Nursing
In recent years, both said, state laws on elder abuse and neglect have expanded. In particular, more states are requiring mandatory reporting of incidents. In 2000, researchers found that seven states did not demand reporting of elder abuse and neglect cases, a figure...
by Vladimire Herard | Dec 6, 2016 | Assisted Living, Geriatrics, Long Term Care, Management, Medicine, Skilled Nursing
Nationwide, public and private sector laws and policies to elder abuse and neglect are fragmented and do not sufficiently address a problem that, if left under-addressed, may grow overtime with the number of seniors in the country’s population, two social work authors...
