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 Types of Nursing Home Abuse  Statistics  Nursing Homes as an Industry  What needs to be Done!

- Physical Abuse - Emotional Abuse - Sexual Abuse - Neglect - Financial Exploitation - Health Care Fraud

2.6 million people live in either short term nursing homes or longer term assisted living facilities. 81% of employees report having seen some form of verbal, physical, or other form of abuse last year 85% of the staff of these nursing homes blame the abuse on insufficient staff and staff shortages.

 Nursing Home by definition are : residential facility for persons with chronic illness or disability, particularly older people who have mobility and eating problems.  Nursing homes are privately owned.  Lowest Cost Possibly  Minimal Qualifications  Inadequate Staff  Low Wages

From an official Report to Congressional Requesters Regarding Nursing Home Abuse:  Ensure that state survey agencies immediately notify local law enforcement agencies when nursing homes report allegations of resident physical or sexual abuse. (GAO)  Accelerate the agency’s education campaign on reporting nursing home abuse (GAO)  Systematically assess state policies and practices for complying with the federal requirement (GAO)  Shorten the state survey agencies’ time frames for determining whether toinclude findings of abuse in nurse aide registry files.(GAO)  My Suggestions : I suggest an easily accessible panic button in each room as well as throughout the facility directing the tenants to the emergency services as well as nurses in the facility.

 Types of Elderly Abuse  Statistics  How Nursing Homes are Industries  And What I Believe needs to be Done