Resident-on-Resident Abuse and the Duty to Supervise
Resident-on-resident abuse can make a nursing home liable even when staff never touched anyone. The facility’s duty is to supervise and protect every resident from abuse by anyone. This guide explains that duty, why these incidents happen, how dementia fits in, and when a facility is responsible.
Emotional and Psychological Abuse in Nursing Homes
Emotional abuse in nursing homes is the hardest kind to prove and the easiest to dismiss. This guide explains the conduct federal law prohibits, from verbal abuse and humiliation to isolation and demeaning photos, the behavioral signs families notice first, and what to do when nobody will explain a change.