Nursing Home Abuse and Elder Abuse

Nursing home abuse is becoming one of the greatest challenges that we must face. At one point or another nursing home abuse will probably affect all of use. Whether it may be a friend, family member, or even yourself, nursing home abuse is becoming far too prevalent in an industry that is supposed to care for our loved ones.

Determining if your loved one is suffering from nursing home abuse:

By asking questions and looking for signs at the facility you can better prevent unnecessary instances of nursing home abuse from occurring:

Is the home and the current administrator licensed?
Does the home conduct background checks on all staff?
Does the home have special services units?
Is there nursing home abuse prevention training?

Nursing Home Abuse Definitions Include:

Involuntary seclusion
Mental/ psychological abuse
Physical abuse
Sexual abuse
Verbal abuse

Nursing Home Legislation

In 1965 Medicare and Medicaid came into existence and along with it came federal nursing home regulation. Nursing homes that qualify and voluntarily elect Medicare and Medicaid to their facility must follow a set of guidelines put forth by federal standards. The Health Care Finance Administration that is part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services enforces these nursing home regulations. Congress authorized the first set of standards that were to be met by nursing facilities in 1967 and created classifications for the Skilled Nursing Facilities and Intermediate Care Facilities. Both in 1980 and again in 1987 these standards were updated with the most current standards imposed under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987.

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