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The National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA) says experts report that knowledge about elder abuse lags as much as two decades behind the fields of child abuse and domestic violence. There is an urgency to know the causes of nursing home abuse.

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A Fort Myers nursing home abuse lawyer at Spivey Law Firm, Personal Injury Attorneys, P.A. said October 2020 was the first anniversary of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Service’s (CMS’s) enactment of its new warning system for nursing homes.

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There are between 5 and 7 million Americans who provide physical, emotional, social, and financial assistance to aging seniors from a distance, according to the Journal of Gerontological Social Work. These long-distance caregivers must rely on phone conversations and check-ins by others living closer in order to regularly gauge a senior’s well-being.

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A Fort Myers nursing home abuse attorney says the Agency for Healthcare Administration licenses and regulates Florida assisted living facilities. In order for assisted living facilities to maintain their licenses, they are required to meet certain regulatory standards and undergo periodic audits to ensure their continued legality.

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A Fort Myers nursing home abuse attorney says the National Council on Aging reported that 1 in 10 Americans who are age 60 or older have suffered from at least one of the seven forms of elder abuse identified by the National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA).

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A Fort Myers nursing home abuse lawyer says nursing home residents are very susceptible to infections. Nursing homes and other facilities should have environments that prevent residents from contracting infections and knowledgeable staff that recognizes the first signs of infection in order to control the severity.

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Some projections show that elder abuse will be the fastest-growing crime through 2025. Some nursing homes do not comply with federal and state laws designed to protect our elders in nursing homes.

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Every year, hundreds of thousands of adults older than 60 are neglected, abused, or financially exploited while family members have difficulty checking on their loved ones because they are not in the same location, according to a Fort Myers nursing home abuse lawyer.

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Fort Myers Nursing Home Abuse Attorney Randall L. Spivey recently won a judgment against a Lee County nursing home for the wrongful death of a loving father in the care of the nursing home. 

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A Fort Myers nursing home abuse attorney says the National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA) reports that roughly 95 percent of nursing home residents have been neglected.

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