Sentences with phrase «elderly residents suffer»
When they fail to uphold this duty and elderly residents suffer harm as a result, they can be held fully accountable for the injuries and damages victims suffer.
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As many as 120,000 senior residents — 12 percent of the city's elderly population — suffer abuse annually, according to 2011 data from the New York State Office of Children and Family Services cited by Crain's.
Nursing homes are unnecessarily administering powerful antipsychotic drugs to many elderly residents, including those with dementia who could suffer life - threatening side effects, according to a new government watchdog report.
Researchers found that elderly people who are abused emotionally, financially, or suffer neglect are twice as likely to die in the facility as other residents, and that those who are physically or sexually abused have a greater chance of dying in the year after the abuse is reported.
The local community was horrified to learn that elderly residents were forced to suffer for so long before the abusers were ultimately brought to justice.
A new study on malnutrition in the elderly found that between 35 % and 85 % of nursing home residents suffer from malnutrition.