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...
by Vladimire Herard | Dec 6, 2016 | Long Term Care, Management, Medicine
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) created a tool to report such patient experiences. Patients can visit CMS’ website at http://www.medicare.gov, to compare Medicare programs and hospital providers,...
by Vladimire Herard | Dec 6, 2016 | Long Term Care, Management, Medicine
Marrying social work with senior long-term and hospital care will require studying the organization and function of medical programs, health care and economic consequences and outpatient follow-up, four aging healthcare experts at a conference on aging. Four panelists...
by Vladimire Herard | Dec 6, 2016 | Geriatrics, Long Term Care, Medicine
A White House conference for the first time addressed elder abuse. Greenlee said participants talked about financial exploitation and several government agencies such as her own and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and businesses attended. “Cognitive impairment is at...
