Nursing facility residents for decades have been medicated with antipsychotics and other psychotropics in order to sedate them and make them more easily managed. But “Issue Brief: Why Too Many Psychotropic Medications in Nursing Facilities?”
Tag: Nursing Homes
Nursing homes are suing friends and family to collect on patients’ bills
NPR: Nursing homes are suing friends and family to collect on patients’ bills (July 28, 2022) ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Lucille Brooks was stunned when she “Nursing homes are suing friends and family to collect on patients’ bills”
LGBTQ Elders Fear Being Shoved in Closet in Nursing Care Hunt
Bloomberg Law: LGBT Elders Fear Being Shoved in Closet in Nursing Care Hunt (June 28, 2022) As the generation of LGBTQ+ people forged by the “LGBTQ Elders Fear Being Shoved in Closet in Nursing Care Hunt”
Justice in Aging Supports Mandatory COVID Vaccinations in Long-Term Care Facilities
To Protect Older Americans’ Health and Quality of Life, Justice in Aging Supports Mandatory COVID Vaccinations for Staff and Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities COVID-19 “Justice in Aging Supports Mandatory COVID Vaccinations in Long-Term Care Facilities”
Updated for COVID-19: 25 Common Nursing Home Problems & How to Resolve Them
Justice in Aging has updated its essential guide, 25 Common Nursing Home Problems—& How to Resolve Them. The revised guide includes, among other things, COVID-19 “Updated for COVID-19: 25 Common Nursing Home Problems & How to Resolve Them”
Federal Government Should Require Transparency Regarding COVID-19 in Nursing Facilities
Justice in Aging calls on the federal government to immediately require that nursing facilities be completely transparent regarding the presence of COVID-19. Since early March, “Federal Government Should Require Transparency Regarding COVID-19 in Nursing Facilities”
Finding Housing When Mom Doesn’t Speak English
Next Avenue: Finding Housing When Mom Doesn’t Speak English, (May 8, 2018) It’s not easy for anyone to be uprooted from a home and for an “Finding Housing When Mom Doesn’t Speak English”
When Skilled Nursing Facilities Act as Representative Payees
A representative payee is a third party who is authorized to receive and manage Social Security payments for a beneficiary who isn’t able to do “When Skilled Nursing Facilities Act as Representative Payees”
Minnesota Victims of Nursing Home Abuse Challenge Arbitration Clauses
Minneapolis Star Tribune: Minnesota Victims of Nursing Home Abuse Challenge Arbitration Clauses (1/29/2017) Arbitration agreements are proliferating in the senior care industry. Many times potential “Minnesota Victims of Nursing Home Abuse Challenge Arbitration Clauses”
Hipaa’s Use as Code of Silence Often Misinterprets the Law
New York Times: Hipaa’s Use as Code of Silence Often Misinterprets the Law (7/17/2015) Justice in Aging Attorney Eric Carlson serves as legal expert for this “Hipaa’s Use as Code of Silence Often Misinterprets the Law”
