Nursing Home Abuse

If your mother or father currently resides in a New York assisted living or nursing facility, you probably worry about him or her from time to time. It’s only natural, especially if you’re not able to visit as often as you’d like. No amount of research or investigation can alleviate 100 percent of your worries, ...

Your parent doesn’t recognize you anymore. What’s more upsetting is that you may not recognize your parent, or at least some of the behaviors you have witnessed since the symptoms of dementia became more pronounced. Perhaps your parent became restless, started wandering or had outbursts of temper. Maybe your loved one exhibited instances of self-harm. ...

Your parents are important to you, and you may have hoped to be able to care for them for the rest of their lives. However, when your mother or father became too ill or required special medical attention, you made the painful decision to find a nursing home. One of the hardest things you may ...