 A
study by
the National Center on Elder Abuse states that about 60%
of nurses' aides working in nursing homes
admitted to witness or participate in acts
of nursing home abuse. Problems within the
nursing home industry
the report states; such as underpaid workers
and habitual understaffing, has contributing
to the ever increasing pandemic of abuse.
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 More
than one in 20 of nursing home patients
has been the victim of abuse according
to the National Center on Elder Abuse.
However the actual frequency of
nursing home abuse is considered
much higher due to the lack of reporting
as well as the ease of covering up the
nursing home abuse.
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 "There are nearly 17,000 nursing homes in
the United States that currently care for
1.6 million residents — a figure expected to
quadruple to 6.6 million residents by 2050."
U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on
Government Reform ~ Minority Office
Know Your Rights
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Abuse Bill of
Rights
 Nursing
home staff report around 2500 cases of
physical abuse each year. And
according to 1996 Medicaid Fraud Report, as
many as 10% of all nursing home abuse cases
are sexual in nature.
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more
 Stop
nursing home abuse and get your loved ones
the nursing home care they need and deserve.
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