Elder & Nursing Abuse Attorneys of Arizona

In a “happy accident,” one Orange County, Florida, nursing home facility has found that the iPad 2 is helping dementia residents reclaim some of their memory, motor, and social skills.

Although devices that monitor movements, habits and temperature have been used in nursing homes for years, the iPad is one of the first high-tech devices to truly interact with residents. More

Newly proposed legislation could soon allow nurses in nursing homes to administer controlled substance painkillers to residents when acting on a physician’s verbal orders.

The legislation comes despite increasing numbers of nursing home residents who have been killed because of poorly administered, or over-administered, painkillers. More

A new study has found that staff in nursing homes can dramatically reduce the risk of a deadly flu outbreak in the facility by getting flu shots.

Confirming previous studies and guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the University of Oklahoma study found that when between 51 and 75 percent of direct caregivers are vaccinated against the flu, the odds of a flu outbreak in that facility decreased by a dramatic 87 percent. More