Friday, July 15, 2016

One in five nursing home residents abused by other residents | Fox News

According to Fox News Health: "At least one in five nursing home residents may endure verbal or physical abuse from their roommates or other residents, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers examined data on 2,011 nursing home residents and found 407 of them had been involved in at least once occurrence of abuse involving another resident during the four-week study period."
Verbal taunts were the most common, followed by physical assaults, according to the study. Both of these behaviors are illegal under both Federal and State law. One in five nursing home residents abused by other residents | Fox News: