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NCCNHR's Wake-up Call to Address Neglect and Abuse in
Long-Term Care Facilities

This NCCNHR special project highlights major long-term care issues including:

• staffing and the need for a minimum staffing standard
• the high cost of poor care (pain and suffering as well as the high financial costs of unneeded hospitalizations)
• the need for strong, swift and sure enforcement that particularly addresses facilities that are repeat poor performers
• the importance of preserving residents' rights and access to civil justice
  

from Alice Hedt, Executive Director
 

on the Faces of Neglect project

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The Faces of Neglect: Behind the Closed Doors of Nursing Homes - This book demonstrates the impact of neglect and abuse in long-term care facilities — in the tragic, real experiences of homemakers, teachers, engineers and nurses. Those depicted endured severe, unnecessary suffering at the most vulnerable time of their lives. 
 

about Faces of Neglect (4/28/06). Calls the report a "call to action to improve the quality of nursing home care."

NCCNHR Fact Sheets:

Consumer Guide to Choosing a Nursing Home - provides tools that can be used by family members who are searching for a facility.

Long-Term Care Ombudsmen - Contact your .

National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA) www.elderabusecenter.org. This site houses a recently published study, The Availability and Utility of Interdisciplinary Data on Elder Abuse raising the issue of how important a clear picture of the incidence of elder abuse is to policy development.

National Adult Protective Services Association (NAPSA) www.apsnetwork.org

20 Common Nursing Home Problems and How to Resolve Them by Eric Carlson - A new consumer booklet from the National Senior Citizens Law Center (NSCLC).  The document is available to download or it may be ordered from NSCLC at http://www.nsclc.org/news/06/20comm_nhprob.htm.

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April 28, 2006 -

- This document provides facts and statistics on reported elder abuse.

- This NCCNHR fact sheet provides information on the scope of abuse and neglect and provisions of the Federal Malpractice bill that pertain to nursing home residents.

National Adult Protective Services Association (NAPSA) applauds and supports NCCNHR's work. See NAPSA statement.

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