What You Don’t Know Won’t Kill You, But it Can Kill Your Patient: Negligence in Nursing Homes
“Neglect” is often an abuse term associated with children, and rightly so, but there is another group of individuals that can face negligence with equivalent severity: the elderly. Unable to physically or mentally care for themselves alone, 1.4 million Americans reside in nursing homes, where they trust they will be attended to.[1] However, elder abuse […]