Texas’s office of Adult Protective Services (APS) often steps in when concerns about nursing home neglect, abuse, or exploitation arise. APS works to keep elderly adults safe while investigations are taking place. They also offer information and support to families whose loved ones may have been harmed. APS and other Texas departments that handle elder abuse and neglect cases sort …
Making a Holiday Visit to an Elderly Relative? Three Ways to Check that Everything Is Okay
At the winter holidays, every Texas family wants parties, visits and family time together to be merry and bright. Few families want to think about abuse and neglect – especially if it’s happening to someone they care about. Holiday visits to relatives who live in nursing homes or assisted living facilities, however, offer an opportunity for family members to identify …
Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect by the Numbers
We’re all getting older. As Texas adults age, they watch their beloved parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents and other adults get older as well. When an elderly loved one needs more focused, professional care than a family member can provide at home, the help of a nursing home may be required. Were You Injured? Call Now For a FREE Consultation! Nursing …
Reporting Suspected Elder Abuse to the Texas Attorney General
When a Texas family makes the decision to place an elderly loved one in a nursing home, assisted living facility or other care facility, the last thing family members want or expect is that their loved one will suffer abuse. Unfortunately, abuse, neglect and exploitation can happen in any of these settings. If your loved one is abused or neglected …
Five Things to Consider When Choosing a Nursing Home
When an elderly family member needs frequent and skilled care, a nursing home may be the best option. However, not all nursing homes treat patients in their care with the same level of skill and attention. An educated and alert family member can do much to avoid nursing homes that may pose an increased risk of abuse or neglect. Click …
Anti-Psychotic Drug Use in Nursing Homes Raises Concerns
Powerful anti-psychotic medications have been prescribed to nursing home patients at alarming rates in recent years, despite the fact that the drugs have not been tested on elderly individuals and the effects are largely unknown, according to a recent article from the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). The use of anti-psychotic medications in nursing homes concerns Dallas nursing home …
Five Signs of Nursing Home Financial Abuse
When most families think of “nursing home abuse,” they think of physical or emotional abuse or neglect. While it is very important to stay alert for these types of harm to your elderly loved ones, it is also important to remember that elderly individuals are also at risk for another type of abuse: financial abuse. Financial abuse affects elderly and …
Choosing the Right Nursing Home for Your Loved One
When your loved one can no longer care for themselves and live independently, you want to make sure you choose a nursing home that will meet all their needs and provide them with quality care. Trusting others to care for your elderly loved one can be a difficult thing to do. When looking for the perfect nursing home for your …
Elderly Heat Stroke and Exhaustion
As the summer approaches, the days are becoming longer and the weather is getting warmer. With an exceptionally long winter, I’m sure Austinites are ready for summer weather. Although, along with the summer months comes the possibility of heat stroke from the extreme summer temperatures. Hot weather can pose a danger to anyone, but elders are particularly prone to extreme …
Why People Doubt The Quality of Senior Care
There comes a point when families realize that they are no longer able to provide the necessary care for their aging loved ones. At this point, they seek nothing but the best professional care for them. But they remain fearful that harm may come to their aging relatives. Such fear is brought about by incidences we hear and read in …
