I recently read an article that said nursing home assaults are becoming more common — or at least, being reported more often. This article demonstrates the growing awareness to a major problem: elder abuse.
Contrary to what many people think, elder abuse is not necessarily always physical abuse — although it certainly can be. The term elder abuse also covers mental and emotional abuse, such as extorting money from elderly people — particularly those who have dementia or Alzheimer’s.
The problems with elder abuse demonstrate how important it is, whether you are putting your loved one in a nursing home or getting home care for them, to make sure that the caregivers have elder abuse training. A nursing home also ought to provide elder abuse resources for patients and their families. In addition, anyone who is coming into your home to care for your loved one ought to have home care training, to ensure that they really are qualified to provide the type of care your loved one needs.
Taking care of our aging family is no small matter, and therefore it is important to make sure we get the highest quality personnel, whether that care is happening in our own homes or at a nursing home. Elder abuse is a real problem, but taking the right precautions ought to minimize your loved one’s chances of being abused!
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