Seniors For Living

A son describes his mother as “a monster” to a nursing home staff member, much to her surprise. This not entirely uncommon occurrence was described in a recent New York Times article broaching the delicate -- albeit taboo or often ...

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) is approaching. Six years ago on June 15th, the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse partnered with the World Health Organization at the United Nations to establish this annual occurrence. The Administration ...

In late September, following closure of some of state’s worst assisted living homes, the Florida Senate issued a report demanding “stronger enforcement of regulations” to better protect residents of these care facilities from abuse and neglect.

Although the report ...

In July, we reported on Florida’s assisted living regulation woes, announcing Governor Rick Scott’s appointment of a task force to work on troubled facilities where abuse, neglect, and questionable deaths had been reported.

Florida was one of many ...

Time and time again, abuse happens at the hands of those whom you least suspect, those closest to the victims, those who should help, not hurt, the ones they love.

Erica Sandberg’s article, “How to Detect & Prevent Elderly ...

Moving to a new home is an adjustment that can be thrilling, terrifying, and tiring all at once. Besides the stress of packing, selling, buying and unpacking, relocating means you have to find a new dentist, doctor, school, bank, grocery ...

If there is anything that really makes my blood boil, stories of elders being mistreated does just that. Physical abuse, sexual abuse, verbal abuse, emotional abuse, financial abuse, neglect - the anecdotes I've heard (and the millions of cases that probably remain unreported and unresolved) are deeply disturbing to me. Even talking down to elders (and studies have shown that even those with cognitive impairments are highly averse to "elderspeak"), ...