| A Nursing homes' sole purpose is to give | | | | nursing homes have seen all sorts of |
| physical, occupational and rehabilitative | | | | injustices and abuses between their |
| therapies. In the United States, there were | | | | walls.Different eye witnesses and surveys |
| more than 16,000 nursing homes in 2002 and | | | | have shown that nursing home abuse is a |
| all of them are asked to work under | | | | reality, and that it is sadly underreported. |
| governmental and legal requirements such as: | | | | Among the reasons for this alarming |
| to have a licensed nursed on duty 24/7, and | | | | percentage of cases of elder mistreatment, |
| during at least one shift each day, one of | | | | there are stressful working conditions (staff |
| those nurses must be a Registered Nurse (a | | | | shortages), staff burnout and inadequate |
| professional nurse who supervises the | | | | staff training. If the work conditions are |
| assistants).Depending on the type of | | | | not the best at nursing homes, this is |
| assistance the resident needs, daily costs of | | | | obviously shown in the treatment the staff |
| a nursing home can run between US$350 and up. | | | | gives the residents. There has been dreadful |
| When a family decides to put a dear one into | | | | and unbelievable cases of elder abuse: open |
| one of these places, they rely on the good | | | | wounds, cuts, bruises, burns caused by |
| will and attention from the crew of the home. | | | | cigarettes, caustics, acids, dehydration, |
| They expect to get great of attention, so | | | | malnutrition, unclean conditions, and fecal |
| that good physical and emotional conditions | | | | or urine odor.If you find out that a relative |
| of living are pertained. Unfortunately, this | | | | or a friend of yours is undergoing one of |
| is not what happens all the time. Besides | | | | these situations, try to contact the |
| representing a place of relief for many, | | | | immediate authorities and report the case. |