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Nursing Home Abuse Topics

While nursing homes can often help improve the quality of life for our elderly relatives, negligent nursing home employees can sometimes injure our relatives by simply failing to do their jobs. In some cases, nursing home employees go out of their way to cause harm.

Although our Alaska Nursing Home Abuse lawyers can help you with your questions, we encourage you to read up on the more pressing issues affecting nursing home and nursing home abuse.

Nursing home topics:

Nursing home assault
Nursing home sexual battery
Nursing home neglect
Unsanitary nursing homes
Nursing home bed injuries
Nursing home pressure ulcers
Nursing home slip and falls
Nursing home malnutrition

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Did You Know?

There are signs of nursing home abuse.
Some signs include physical abuse, neglect and verbal or emotional abuse. Other signs include sudden weight loss, bruising, falls, bedsores and restraints.

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Nursing Home Terms

Today's Terms

Dementia

Definition:
A clinical term used to describe a group of brain disorders that disrupt and impair cognitive functions -- thinking, memory, judgment -- personality, mood, and social interaction. Also, see Senility in this Glossary.

Hospice

Definition:
Usually a combination of at-home and hospital care of the terminally ill that combines medical and social services. It is designed to help both the patient and the family. Hospice care emphasizes pain control, symptom management, and emotional support rather than the use of life-sustaining equipment

Respite Care

Definition:
Temporary care provided when the primary caretaker needs time away from caregiving. Respite care is provided in-home or as an alternative location for a short stay.

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Nursing Home Hot Topics

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Wrongful Death
Physical Abuse
Malnutrition Abuse
Wrong Medicine
Financial Abuse

Alaska Nursing Home Attorney

If you live in the following cities and need an nursing home attorney you should contact our Nursing Home Attorney as soon as possible:

Anchorage
Bethel
Chugiak
Eagle River
Fairbanks
Juneau
Kenai

Ketchikan
Kodiak
North Pole
Palmer
Sitka
Soldotna
Wasilla

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