June 15 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. The day was founded in 2006 by the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse and the World Health Organization and was adopted by the United ...

An increasing number of elderly New Yorkers are being exploited financially, state officials report, indicating that this group may also be suffering increasing rates of other forms of abuse. Between ...

The slight tremor in your grandmother’s hand when a particular caregiver enters the room. The curious timing of new estate planning documents. The recurring urinary tract infections that never quite ...

As of July 2022, there were more than 15,300 certified nursing homes in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). And while pre-pandemic studies estimate ...

It was originally called "granny bashing" when the first stories about elder abuse came out in the 1970s. Since then, elder abuse has become recognized as a serious social problem that is far more ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - June 15 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, and the Alabama Securities Commission is calling attention to this issue. Abuse isn’t just physical, and when it comes to elders, ...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds hands one of the pens she used to sign bill SF522 into law to Bob Welsh of Coralville, Iowa, during a ceremony at Highland Ridge in Williamsburg, Iowa, on Wednesday, June 15, ...

In March 2010, Congress passed the first comprehensive elder abuse prevention law, the Elder Justice Act. It was an important victory for advocates of the aging. But, more than a year later, the law ...

Misdiagnosis and Delayed Diagnosis Claims in California are frequently at the heart of nursing home litigation. A resident ...