There are many federal and state laws addressing, directly and indirectly, the quality of care
provided to nursing home residents and the protection of residents from mistreatment. They …

Introduction. Forty-nine states and the District of Columbia have adult protective services
(APS) related statutes that define adult/elder mistreatment found in domestic settings …

Each year, hundreds of thousands of older Americans are abused or neglected in nursing
homes. 1 The problem is underreported. For every case of elder abuse, neglect, or …

In the mid-1970s the alarming state of nursing home care in the United State was
dramatically exposed by the Subcommittee on Long-Term Care of the special Committee on …

A paucity of literature and educational materials addresses the mistreatment of nursing
home residents. After serving as expert witnesses in the successful criminal prosecution of a …

The Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA) was Congress's response to
recommendations from the Committee on Nursing Home Regulation of the Institute of …

The United States has an increasingly elderly population. During the last century, the
number of Americans who live to be at least sixty years old has increased four fold.'Reports …

The elderly population of our society is growing at a rate greater than that of any other
group,'but the number of extended families in which younger generations care for older ones …

Over a million and a half individuals reside in America's nursing homes. 1 Despite an
extensive and, to many, intrusive array of federal and state regulatory initiatives intended to …

Much of life is spent planning for the future. At a young age many of us are encouraged to
save for college or that ever-nebulous “rainy day,” we plan out our careers and where we …