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Conditions in Nursing Homes
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Conditions in Nursing Homes
A discussion on the effect of conditions in nursing homes on the elderly.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages) |
4 sources |
2002
Paper Summary:
Discusses effect of conditions in nursing homes on the elderly. Nursing home industry. Complaints of neglect and abuse. Issue of elderly abuse in institutional facilities, especially long-term care facilities. Economics of nursing home care. Staffing problems. Reform measures to prevent abuse. Role of legisltors. Domestic abuse of the elderly.From the Paper:
Nell Hoover choked on laxative.Vestal Ferguson suffocated as orange juice filled his lungs.
Esther Fincher's heart failed, and nobody called a doctor. Each year, hundreds of North Carolina's elderly suffer needlessly in the nursing homes they turn to for care. They lie for hours in their own waste or battle dangerously infected bedsores or, bound to their beds and wheelchairs, slowly lose the strength and will to walk, eat, speak. They're victims of poorly staffed homes and under-trained workers--and of the public system responsible for protecting them. The state pays the bills for 75% of our nursing home..."
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